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"word": "sárgaviola"
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"ref": "1885, The Freemason's Repository, page 133",
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"ref": "2013 May 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, May 22, 2013",
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"word": "壁花"
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"sense": "socially awkward person",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "פרח קיר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"word": "félrehúzódó ember"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "veggjaskraut"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bekkjarrós"
},
{
"alt": "かべのはな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kabe no hana",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"word": "壁の花"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veggpryd"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"word": "ktoś podpierający ściany"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tixónja",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "тихо́ня"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"word": "inadaptado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"word": "feo del baile"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"word": "fea del baile"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"word": "blyg viol"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "socially awkward person",
"word": "vägglus"
}
],
"word": "wallflower"
}
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"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"IPA for English using .ˈ or .ˌ",
"Requests for review of Mandarin translations",
"en:Crucifers",
"en:Flowers",
"en:Legumes",
"en:People"
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"2": "wall",
"3": "flower"
},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "wall + flower",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wallflowers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wallflowering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wallflowered",
"tags": [
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"past"
]
},
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"form": "wallflowered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "shrinking violet"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010, Alexandra Carter, Janet O'Shea, The Routledge Dance Studies Reader, page 237",
"text": "[…] the idea that a full tango experience is impossible without the presence of wallflowers and without the threat of wallflowering as the potential dancers enter the tango club.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in."
],
"links": [
[
"shy",
"shy"
],
[
"dance",
"dance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔːl.ˌflaʊ.ə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔl.ˌflaʊ.ɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɑl.ˌflaʊ.ɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-wallflower.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/En-au-wallflower.ogg/En-au-wallflower.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/En-au-wallflower.ogg",
"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (AU)"
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"word": "wall-flower"
},
{
"word": "wall flower"
}
],
"word": "wallflower"
}
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