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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “eager”",
"word": "loath"
},
{
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"word": "averse"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “eager”",
"word": "disinclined"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “eager”",
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},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “eager”",
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"2": "𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽",
"t": "to rejoice"
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]
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"Well-pleased, glad."
],
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{
"_dis1": "70 16 12 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ohoten",
"sense": "glad",
"word": "охотен"
},
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"_dis1": "70 16 12 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sklonen",
"sense": "glad",
"word": "склонен"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 16 12 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "glad",
"word": "gevallig"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1883, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, A Death-Parting, line 11, Poems",
"text": "O love, of my death my life is fain,",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Satisfied, contented."
],
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[
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],
[
"contented",
"contented"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "23 72 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dovolen",
"sense": "satisfied",
"word": "доволен"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 72 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "satisfied",
"word": "spokojený"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 72 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "satisfied",
"word": "tevreden"
},
{
"_dis1": "23 72 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "satisfied",
"word": "elégedett"
}
]
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"Eager, willing or inclined to."
],
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[
"Eager",
"eager"
],
[
"willing",
"willing"
],
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"inclined",
"inclined"
]
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{
"_dis1": "7 6 86 1",
"sense": "eager",
"word": "eager"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 86 1",
"sense": "eager",
"word": "keen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 86 1",
"sense": "eager",
"word": "raring"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 8 67 7",
"sense": "ready, willing",
"word": "lief"
}
],
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"archaic"
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"Obliged or compelled to."
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"obliged"
],
[
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"compelled"
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],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪn"
},
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"homophone": "feign"
},
{
"homophone": "fane"
},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English fain, fayn, feyn, from the adjective (see above).",
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{
"form": "fainer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "fainest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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{
"ref": "1633, John Donne, Holly Sonnets, section XIV",
"roman": "But am betroth’d unto your enemy",
"text": "Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1891, George Du Maurier, Peter Ibbetson",
"text": "[…] and fain would I inhale it in all its pristine fulness and vigour.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1923, Anthony Ludovici, “The Positive Man and the Positive Woman”, in Woman; A Vindication, London: Constable",
"text": "As a matter of fact, although Woman means everything to Man’s sexuality, and is the embodiment of all that his reproductive instinct can desire, even when it is at its keenest, Man means very little to Woman. He is, after all, no more than the sparking-plug that sets an elaborate process going, and the brief moment in which his share in her business is accomplished, and the incomplete pleasure it affords her, are ridiculously insignificant when compared with the importance he himself would fain attach to them.",
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"With joy; gladly."
],
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[
"gladly",
"gladly"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ohotno",
"sense": "gladly",
"word": "охотно"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "gladly",
"word": "graag"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "gladly",
"word": "met plezier"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "gladly",
"word": "volontiers"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "gladly",
"word": "gern"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rádostno",
"sense": "gladly",
"word": "ра́достно"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "gladly",
"word": "охо́тно"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "s udovólʹstvijem",
"sense": "gladly",
"word": "с удово́льствием"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "gladly",
"word": "gärna"
}
]
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"By will or choice."
],
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"will",
"will"
],
[
"choice",
"choice"
]
],
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"To be delighted or glad; to rejoice."
],
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"(archaic) To be delighted or glad; to rejoice."
],
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"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be delighted",
"word": "zich verheugen"
},
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"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "is",
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"sense": "be delighted",
"word": "gleðjast"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 6 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kokoroyoku",
"sense": "be delighted",
"word": "快く"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 4 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "rejoice",
"word": "fagna"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 4 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "rejoice",
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"To gladden."
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],
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"(archaic) To gladden."
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"_dis1": "8 90 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "gladden",
"word": "verheugen"
},
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"_dis1": "8 90 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "gladden",
"word": "blij maken"
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"_dis1": "8 90 2",
"code": "is",
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"sense": "gladden",
"word": "gleðja"
}
]
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Germanic paganism",
"orig": "en:Germanic paganism",
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"Occult",
"Religion",
"Forteana",
"Culture",
"Pseudoscience",
"Society",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"to worship, to celebrate, to offer an oblation which is not sacrificial blót."
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[
"offer",
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[
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"oblation"
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[
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"blót"
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],
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"(Germanic paganism) to worship, to celebrate, to offer an oblation which is not sacrificial blót."
],
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"Germanic"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"paganism",
"religion"
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “eager”",
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"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"2": "𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽",
"t": "to rejoice"
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"name": "cog"
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"t": "to rejoice"
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"Well-pleased, glad."
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"ref": "1891, George Du Maurier, Peter Ibbetson",
"text": "[…] and fain would I inhale it in all its pristine fulness and vigour.",
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"ref": "1923, Anthony Ludovici, “The Positive Man and the Positive Woman”, in Woman; A Vindication, London: Constable",
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"word": "zich verheugen"
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"sense": "be delighted",
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