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{ "categories": [ "English adjectives", "English clippings", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries", "sv:Music" ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "desperate", "nocap": "1" }, "expansion": "clipping of desperate", "name": "clipping" } ], "etymology_text": "Probably a clipping of desperate.", "forms": [ { "form": "more dess", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most dess", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "dess (comparative more dess, superlative most dess)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English slang", "English terms with quotations", "Multicultural Toronto English" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2021 October 2, u/loading___help, “How did he even think he was getting away 😭”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 2024-06-08:", "text": "They're honestly some of the dumbest niggas I've ever seen p.o is the most dess block in Toronto", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2023 August 18, @CHICVGO, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-08:", "text": "Definitely need a few more female friends. This staying inside all the time/entertaining myself shit is dess. I am too young to be feeling this old due to a lack of friendships.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2024 March 11, u/Click-Good, “Paperboy got hit up last night”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 2024-06-08:", "text": "These kids are so dess. Imagine going live with bullet holes and tubes coming out you. Lmao insanity", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2024 April 13, @FCGunnis, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-08:", "text": "Periods are dess asf!", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Unattractive, unappealing." ], "links": [ [ "Unattractive", "unattractive#Adjective" ], [ "unappealing", "unappealing#Adjective" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(MTE, slang) Unattractive, unappealing." ], "tags": [ "slang" ] } ], "word": "dess" } { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries", "sv:Music" ], "etymology_number": 2, "forms": [ { "form": "desses", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "dess (plural desses)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "dais" } ], "categories": [ "English obsolete forms" ], "glosses": [ "Obsolete form of dais." ], "links": [ [ "dais", "dais#English" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "obsolete" ] } ], "word": "dess" }
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