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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "fresh"
}
],
"derived": [
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"word": "stale-dated"
},
{
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"word": "stale drunk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stale-grown"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stale-mouthed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stale read"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stale-smelling"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stale-worn"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "stale",
"id": "clear"
},
"expansion": "Middle English stale",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "estale",
"4": "",
"5": "settled, clear"
},
"expansion": "Old French estale (“settled, clear”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*stāną",
"t": "to stand"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "vls",
"2": "stel"
},
"expansion": "West Flemish stel",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English stale, from Old French estale (“settled, clear”), but probably originally from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): compare West Flemish stel in the same sense for ‘beer’ and ‘urine’.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "staler",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "stalest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "stale (comparative staler, superlative stalest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
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"word": "go stale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stale drunk"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Alcoholic beverages",
"orig": "en:Alcoholic beverages",
"parents": [
"Beverages",
"Recreational drugs",
"Drinking",
"Food and drink",
"Liquids",
"Drugs",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Matter",
"Pharmacology",
"Human",
"Fundamental",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Biochemistry",
"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"Biology"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1637, John Taylor, The Famovs Historie of the most part of Drinks, in use now in the Kingdomes of Great Brittaine and Ireland",
"text": "The stronger Beere is divided into two parts (viz.) mild and stale; the first may ease a man of a drought, but the later is like water cast into a Smiths forge, and breeds more heartburning, and as rust eates into Iron, so overstale Beere gnawes auletholes in the entrales, or else my skill failes, and what I have written of it is to be held as a jest.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1826, A Practical Man, The Vintner's, Brewer's, Spirit Merchant's, and Licensed Victualler's Guide, page 243",
"text": "Particular care must be taken that the stale beer in which the isinglass is dissolved be perfectly clear and stale.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1829, David Booth, The Art of Brewing, page 52",
"text": "Is not that hard or stale beer mixed to give the porter the appearance of age at once, which formerly was allowed to be matured by time?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong."
],
"id": "en-stale-en-adj-gJSNcuCb",
"links": [
[
"alcoholic",
"alcoholic#Adjective"
],
[
"beverage",
"beverage"
],
[
"Clear",
"clear"
],
[
"free",
"free"
],
[
"dreg",
"dreg"
],
[
"lee",
"lee"
],
[
"old",
"old"
],
[
"strong",
"strong"
]
],
"qualifier": "alcoholic beverages",
"raw_glosses": [
"(alcoholic beverages, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1530, John Palsgrave, L'éclaircissement de la langue française, 325 2",
"text": "Stale as breed or drinke is, rassis. Stale as meate is that begynneth to savoure, viel.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1550, Wyll of Deuill, C 2 b",
"text": "New freshe blood to ouersprinkle their stale mete that it may seme...newly kylled."
},
{
"ref": "2012, Stephen Woodworth, In Golden Blood: Number 3 in series",
"text": "To her surprise, Abe did not come to collect her for the usual morning inhabitation session with Azure. She did not see him until almost noon, when he personally delivered lunch to her tent. Another stale roll and cup of water sat on the tray he carried. Abe hung his head, as abashed as Honorato had been. “This is all I could sneak in for now. I'll try to get more later.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc."
],
"id": "en-stale-en-adj-WeEcrcmj",
"links": [
[
"No longer",
"no longer"
],
[
"fresh",
"fresh"
],
[
"reference",
"reference"
],
[
"food",
"food"
],
[
"urine",
"urine"
],
[
"straw",
"straw"
],
[
"wound",
"wound"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1562, Proverbs & Epigrams, J. Heywood, published 1867, section 95",
"text": "Better is...be it new or stale, A harmelesse lie, than a harmefull true tale.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1579, in G. Harvey, letter book, 60",
"text": "Doist thou smyle to reade this stale and beggarlye stuffe."
},
{
"ref": "1822 March, Charles Lamb, London Magazine, 284 1",
"text": "A two-days-old newspaper. You resent the stale thing as an affront.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002, Mark Lawson, And They Rose Up: Days of Retribution",
"text": "Rick would comment on the fact that he'd never had such bad coffee, not even the mud at his precinct. Mark would tell him to quit with the stale joke, already",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated."
],
"id": "en-stale-en-adj-fCDEqf8Q",
"links": [
[
"new",
"new"
],
[
"interesting",
"interesting"
],
[
"reference",
"reference"
],
[
"idea",
"idea"
],
[
"immaterial",
"immaterial"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"clichéd",
"clichéd"
],
[
"hackneyed",
"hackneyed"
],
[
"dated",
"dated"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "bajat"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "banalen",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "банален"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "gastat"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "passat"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "ouderwets"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "väljähtänyt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "tympeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "kulunut"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vieilli"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "périmé"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caduc"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suranné"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "démodé"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "veraltet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "ausgelutscht"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xeperasménos",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ξεπερασμένος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "éolos",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "έωλος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "elcsépelt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "ósdi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "obsoleto"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "sorpassato"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "vecchio"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "superato"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"alt": "ちんぷな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chinpu-na",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "陳腐な"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "estagnado"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izbítyj",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "изби́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "banálʹnyj",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "бана́льный"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "about joke or news",
"roman": "borodátyj",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "борода́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "manido"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "anquilosado"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "trillado"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "manoseado"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gastado"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "periclitado"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "passé"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "bayat"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aviyi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "forpassé"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"note": "ki l' tins a forcrexhou (periphrase)",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 22 28 21 9 4 4 4 4 3",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "foû môde"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1580, J. Jeffere, Bugbears, I ii 108",
"text": "Rosimunda...hathe an vncle a stale batcheler.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1742, T. Short, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 42 226",
"text": "In barren Women, and stale Maids, Tapping should be very cautiously undertaken.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime."
],
"id": "en-stale-en-adj--smRWlR5",
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[
"nubile",
"nubile"
],
[
"suitable",
"suitable"
],
[
"marriage",
"marriage"
],
[
"reference",
"reference"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"past",
"past"
],
[
"one",
"one"
],
[
"prime",
"prime"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, David L. Hough, Street Strategies for Motorcyclists",
"text": "In most states, you can be ticketed for failing to clear the intersection, even if you are hemmed in by traffic. One good clue to a stale green light is the pedestrian signal.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time."
],
"id": "en-stale-en-adj-MQ1I-fg9",
"links": [
[
"new",
"new"
],
[
"recent",
"recent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in general) Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time."
],
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "bajat"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "bayat"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bajat",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "баят"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "passat"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "ranci"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "florit"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "陳腐"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chénfǔ",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "陈腐"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "nl",
"english": "bread",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "oud"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "oudbakken"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"tags": [
"general"
],
"word": "vervallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "nl",
"english": "water",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "brak"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "nl",
"english": "air",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "muf"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"topics": [
"beer",
"beverages",
"food",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "verschaald"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "malfreŝa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "väljähtänyt"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "ummehtunut"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "vanhentunut"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reseso"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "resésego"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "falmaguento"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "manido"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "pasado"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "choco"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "abgestanden"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "schal"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "of bread",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "altbacken"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 14 14 11 20 11 7 10 5 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"text": "To her surprise, Abe did not come to collect her for the usual morning inhabitation session with Azure. She did not see him until almost noon, when he personally delivered lunch to her tent. Another stale roll and cup of water sat on the tray he carried. Abe hung his head, as abashed as Honorato had been. “This is all I could sneak in for now. I'll try to get more later.”",
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"ref": "2014, David L. Hough, Street Strategies for Motorcyclists",
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"ref": "1885 May 28, Truth, 853 2",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "bajat"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "bayat"
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{
"code": "ca",
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{
"code": "ca",
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"code": "nl",
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"beverages",
"food",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "väljähtänyt"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "gl",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "abgestanden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "schal"
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
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"code": "el",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "áporodott"
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{
"code": "id",
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"word": "basi"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "having lost its freshness",
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "ammuffito"
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "avariato"
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{
"code": "it",
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"code": "km",
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"word": "ចាស់"
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{
"code": "lad",
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{
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
"english": "(of air and water)",
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"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "parado"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "estagnado"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "rançoso"
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{
"code": "pt",
"english": "(of bread)",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "несве́жий"
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{
"code": "ru",
"english": "bread",
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "за́тхлый"
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{
"code": "es",
"english": "bread",
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"word": "duro"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "revenido"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "having lost its freshness",
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "rancio"
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{
"code": "es",
"english": "air",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "viciado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "avslagen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "däven"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "pācina",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "పాచిన"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
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"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "వాడిన"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vaḍalina",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "వడలిన"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "bayat"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "thiu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having lost its freshness",
"word": "ôi"
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{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "wa",
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"code": "wa",
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"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "ca",
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{
"code": "ca",
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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],
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "no longer new or interesting",
"word": "ósdi"
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "obsoleto"
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{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "estagnado"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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