See wingnut on Wiktionary
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"word": "крылооре́шник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pterokárija",
"sense": "genus Pterocarya (botany)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "птерока́рия"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "genus Pterocarya (botany)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "cnau adeiniog"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(slang) one with extreme or radical political views",
"word": "ekstremisto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(slang) one with extreme or radical political views",
"word": "radikalulo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekstremíst",
"sense": "(slang) one with extreme or radical political views",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "экстреми́ст"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "radikál",
"sense": "(slang) one with extreme or radical political views",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "радика́л"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person",
"word": "kummajainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person",
"word": "hörhö"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spinner"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jebanat",
"sense": "odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ебанат"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frik",
"sense": "odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фрик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čudák",
"sense": "odd, eccentric, and/or extreme person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чуда́к"
}
],
"word": "wingnut"
}
Download raw JSONL data for wingnut meaning in All languages combined (7.3kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Deylami vs. kohol",
"path": [
"wingnut"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "wingnut",
"trace": ""
}
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