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"Hard to see through, as a fog or mist."
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"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "каламутны"
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"sense": "hard to see through",
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"sense": "hard to see through",
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"sense": "hard to see through",
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"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "troebele"
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"code": "egl",
"lang": "Emilian",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "scûr"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
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"sense": "hard to see through",
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"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "trouble"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bneli",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "ბნელი"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šavbneli",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "შავბნელი"
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳuni",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "უკუნი"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dabinduli",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "დაბინდული"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "düster"
},
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "trüb"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "akhúr",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עכור"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
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"roman": "metushtásh",
"sense": "hard to see through",
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"word": "מטושטוש"
},
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "he",
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"roman": "meum'ám",
"sense": "hard to see through",
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"word": "מעומעם"
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "modartha"
},
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "lʼɑk",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "ល្អក់"
},
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "turbidus"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "tulbure"
},
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mútnyj",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "му́тный"
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "mirk"
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "turbio"
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{
"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "bulanık"
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"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kalamutnyj",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "каламутний"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 2 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "đục"
}
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"Entry maintenance"
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"glosses": [
"Dark, dim, gloomy."
],
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"Dark",
"dark#Adjective"
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"dim",
"dim#Adjective"
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{
"text": "murky waters",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "murky territory",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 April 21, Anatoly Liberman, “Going out on a Limb”, in Oxford Etymologist",
"text": "They may face an impenetrable word, approach its murky history from every direction, and fail to find a convincing solution (or even any solution: “origin unknow,” “the rest is unclear,” and the like).",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 October 28, Maria Cramer, “Beaches? Cruises? ‘Dark’ Tourists Prefer the Gloomy and Macabre”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "Mr. Farrier, 39, said he often questioned the moral implications of his trips. “It’s very ethically murky territory,” Mr. Farrier said.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 December 23, Keith Bradsher, Amy Chang Chien, Joy Dong, “As Cases Explode, China’s Low Covid Death Toll Convinces No One”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "China’s murky statistics are fueling widespread public distrust. Its narrow definition of Covid deaths “will very much underestimate the true death toll,” the W.H.O. says.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Cloudy, indistinct, obscure."
],
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"Dishonest, shady."
],
"id": "en-murky-en-adj-WrfD3rFA",
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],
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"shady"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Dishonest, shady."
],
"tags": [
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],
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"_dis1": "0 4 2 93",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "dishonest, shady",
"word": "skummel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 4 2 93",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dishonest, shady",
"word": "hämäräperäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 4 2 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjómnyj",
"sense": "dishonest, shady",
"word": "тёмный"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 4 2 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grjáznyj",
"sense": "dishonest, shady",
"word": "гря́зный"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈmɜː(ɹ)ki/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)ki"
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"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -y",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Requests for review of Icelandic translations",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)ki",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)ki/2 syllables"
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{
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"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2022 October 28, Maria Cramer, “Beaches? Cruises? ‘Dark’ Tourists Prefer the Gloomy and Macabre”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "Mr. Farrier, 39, said he often questioned the moral implications of his trips. “It’s very ethically murky territory,” Mr. Farrier said.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2022 December 23, Keith Bradsher, Amy Chang Chien, Joy Dong, “As Cases Explode, China’s Low Covid Death Toll Convinces No One”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "China’s murky statistics are fueling widespread public distrust. Its narrow definition of Covid deaths “will very much underestimate the true death toll,” the W.H.O. says.",
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kalamutny",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "каламутны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎten",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "мътен"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "uigennemsigtig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "troebel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "troebele"
},
{
"code": "egl",
"lang": "Emilian",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "scûr"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "samea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "sakea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "sombre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "trouble"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bneli",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "ბნელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šavbneli",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "შავბნელი"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳuni",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "უკუნი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dabinduli",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "დაბინდული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "düster"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "trüb"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "akhúr",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "עכור"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "metushtásh",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "מטושטוש"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meum'ám",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מעומעם"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "modartha"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "lʼɑk",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "ល្អក់"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "turbidus"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "tulbure"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mútnyj",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "му́тный"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "mirk"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "turbio"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "bulanık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kalamutnyj",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "каламутний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "hard to see through",
"word": "đục"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "dishonest, shady",
"word": "skummel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dishonest, shady",
"word": "hämäräperäinen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjómnyj",
"sense": "dishonest, shady",
"word": "тёмный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grjáznyj",
"sense": "dishonest, shady",
"word": "гря́зный"
}
],
"word": "murky"
}
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