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"ref": "c. 1900, O. Henry, The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball",
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"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
"word": "感傷的な"
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"note": "напившийся до состояния слезливого раскаяния",
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"word": "դյուրազգաց"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
"word": "affecté"
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"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
"word": "rührselig"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
"word": "selbstmitleidig"
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"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
"word": "elérzékenyült"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
"word": "érzelmeskedő"
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"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
"word": "泣き上戸の"
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"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
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"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
"word": "сентиментальный"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "расчувствовавшийся"
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"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "extravagantly or excessively sentimental; self-pitying",
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"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
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"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
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"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
"word": "mexerica"
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"lang": "German",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
"word": "érzelgős"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
"word": "szenvelgős"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
"word": "piagnucoloso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
"word": "sdolcinato"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanshō-tekina",
"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner",
"word": "感傷的な"
},
{
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"note": "напившийся до состояния слезливого раскаяния",
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"sense": "affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner"
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