See wordy on Wiktionary
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"head": ""
},
"expansion": "wordy",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "wordy",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adjectives",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English rare terms",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms suffixed with -y",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Talking"
],
"glosses": [
"wordy"
],
"links": [
[
"wordy",
"wordy#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) wordy"
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwurdiː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwoːrdiː/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "woordi"
}
],
"word": "wordy"
}
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