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{ "etymology_text": "Corruption of pretty, representing the pronunciation of this word in the southern United States.", "forms": [ { "form": "purdier", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "purdiest", "tags": [ "superlative" ] }, { "form": "purty", "tags": [ "alternative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "er" }, "expansion": "purdy (comparative purdier, superlative purdiest)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "American English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Appalachian English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Southern US English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Appearance", "orig": "en:Appearance", "parents": [ "Perception", "Body", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "Yes sirree, you're the purdiest li'l thing I ever did see.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "Why, you got a purdy mouth boy.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "pretty." ], "id": "en-purdy-en-adj-sW5Bz8HG", "links": [ [ "pretty", "pretty" ] ], "qualifier": "like Southern US and Appalachia", "raw_glosses": [ "(US, slang and dialects, like Southern US and Appalachia) pretty." ], "tags": [ "US", "dialectal", "slang" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": "En-au-purdy.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/En-au-purdy.ogg/En-au-purdy.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-au-purdy.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)di" }, { "homophone": "Purdey" } ], "word": "purdy" }
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