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"expansion": "Middle English mongrel",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix”).",
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{
"text": "That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2001 September 26, Anna Quindlen, “A Quilt of a Country”, in Newsweek",
"text": "America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone.",
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"(often derogatory) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog."
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"word": "bitsa"
},
{
"word": "bitser"
},
{
"tags": [
"Australia",
"Ireland",
"New-Zealand",
"UK"
],
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{
"word": "cur"
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{
"word": "mutt"
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{
"tags": [
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"word": "tyke"
},
{
"word": "Heinz 57"
}
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "melez",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "雜種"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zázhǒng",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "杂种"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "混血兒"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "hùnxuèr",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "混血儿"
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"english": "dog",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "køter"
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"word": "senrasa"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "can de palleiro"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"masculine"
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],
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"roman": "migás",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "מְעֹרָב"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "keverék"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "korcs"
},
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "hibrido"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "crosanta"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bastardo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
"code": "it",
"english": "dog",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"alt": "ざっしゅ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zasshu",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "雑種"
},
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"roman": "hāfu",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "混血児"
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"word": "hibrida"
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"word": "мелез"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "peropero"
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"note": "of a dog",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "kurī peropero"
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"note": "of a dog",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "mangarū"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"note": "of a dog",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjøter"
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"note": "of a dog",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kundel"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"word": "mieszaniec"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vira-lata"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
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],
"word": "rafeiro"
},
{
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "corcitură"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "dog",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvornjága",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дворня́га"
},
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"english": "dog",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
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"feminine",
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"roman": "polukróvka",
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],
"word": "полукро́вка"
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"english": "mongrel dog",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "perro callejero"
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"word": "perro mestizo"
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"word": "cacri"
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"masculine"
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"word": "chucho"
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{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"Guatemala",
"masculine"
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"word": "chumino"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"masculine"
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"word": "gozque"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"masculine"
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"word": "mil leches"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"Honduras",
"masculine"
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"word": "perro aguacatero"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"word": "perro criollo"
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"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"word": "perro cruzado"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"word": "perro corriente"
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{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"Argentina",
"masculine"
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{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"Bolivia",
"Chile",
"masculine"
],
"word": "quiltro"
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{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
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"Puerto-Rico",
"masculine"
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"word": "sato"
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{
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
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"word": "tinaquero"
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{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"Costa-Rica",
"masculine"
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"word": "zaguate"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "byracka"
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"word": "blandrashund"
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "พันทาง"
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{
"_dis1": "94 3 3",
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"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "kırma"
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{
"ref": "2008, Jim Brigginshaw, Over My Dead Body, page 77",
"text": "\"Yanto bloody Evans!\" Jack stuttered with rage. \"Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!\"",
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{
"ref": "2019 October 27, Natalie Wolfe, “Australia's worst serial killer's affairs with sisters-in-laws”, in New Zealand Herald",
"text": "But somebody's got to tell these mums and dads why their kids died, why this mongrel thinks he can wipe them out like a dirty rag.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by \"poor\") a pitiable person."
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"(slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by \"poor\") a pitiable person."
],
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"An erect penis; an erection."
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{
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"word": "дворня́га"
},
{
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{
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"word": "мети́с"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"word": "мети́ска"
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "полукро́вка"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "perro callejero"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "perro mestizo"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "cacri"
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"word": "chucho"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "chumino"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "chusco"
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
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"Chile",
"masculine"
],
"word": "quiltro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"Cuba",
"Puerto-Rico",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"Panama",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tinaquero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"Costa-Rica",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zaguate"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "byracka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gatukorsning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blandrashund"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pan-taang",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "พันทาง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "kırma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone of mixed kind",
"word": "melez"
}
],
"word": "mongrel"
}
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"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -rel",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɑŋɡɹəl",
"Rhymes:English/ɑŋɡɹəl/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ʌŋɡɹəl",
"Rhymes:English/ʌŋɡɹəl/2 syllables",
"Translation table header lacks gloss",
"en:Dogs",
"en:Multiracial",
"en:People"
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "mongrel"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mong",
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"t1": "mixture"
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"name": "suffix"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ġemang",
"t": "mingling"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "among"
},
"expansion": "among",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mang-",
"4": "",
"5": "mix"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more mongrel",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most mongrel",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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],
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"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of our tongue."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel."
],
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[
"mixed",
"mixed"
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[
"breed",
"breed"
],
[
"nature",
"nature"
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[
"origin",
"origin"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɑŋ.ɡɹəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌŋɡɹəl"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑŋɡɹəl"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-au-mongrel.ogg/En-au-mongrel.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-mongrel.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
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"text": "Audio (AU)"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mestica"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "hibrida"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "bastardowy"
}
],
"word": "mongrel"
}
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