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"3": "queynte"
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},
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},
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},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English queynte, quoynte, from Anglo-Norman cointe, queinte and Old French cointe (“pretty, clever, knowing”), from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognōscō (“I know”).",
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"_dis": "14 11 11 9 29 25",
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"Of a person: cunning, crafty."
],
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"(obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty."
],
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]
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"Cleverly made; artfully contrived."
],
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"artfully",
"artfully"
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"contrived",
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"(obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived."
],
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"ref": "1924 November 17, Time",
"text": "What none would dispute though many smiled over was the good-humored, necessary, yet quaint omission of the writer's name from the whole consideration.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Strange or odd; unusual."
],
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"unusual",
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]
],
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"(now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual."
],
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"Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim."
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"meticulous",
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[
"fastidious",
"fastidious"
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"(obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim."
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fastidious",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "háklivý"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fastidious",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úzkostlivý"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "veeleisend"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "kieskeurig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "exigeant"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 1 93 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "délicat"
},
{
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"ref": "2011 January 31, Ian Sample, The Guardian",
"text": "The rock is a haven for rare wildlife, a landscape where pretty hedgerows and quaint villages are bordered by a breathtaking, craggy coastline.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm."
],
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[
"unusual",
"unusual"
],
[
"old-fashioned",
"old-fashioned"
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[
"charm",
"charm"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǔsègǔxiāng de",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "古色古香的"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "starodávný"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pitoreskní"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "starobylý"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pitoreska"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pittoresque"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "vieillot"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mimzidveli",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "მიმზიდველი"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"honorific"
],
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "malerisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "caratteristico"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pittoresco"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encanto"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "staromódnyj",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "старомо́дный"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "staromodan"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "starinski"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pintoresco"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "gammaldags"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "sällsam"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "gammalmodig"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "ovanlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 4 2 4 86",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "sirlig"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kweɪnt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰweɪ̯nt]",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪnt"
},
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (US)"
},
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}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pričudliv",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "причудлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "kuriózní"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "pitoreskní"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kouzelný"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "bizarní"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "ejendommelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "kuriøs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "merkwaardig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "typisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "erikoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "outo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "remarquable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ucnauri",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "უცნაური"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saḳvirveli",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "საკვირველი"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "kurios"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "wunderlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "komisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "curioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "bizzarro"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "curioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "čudan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "curioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "egendomlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "kuriös"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "märkvärdig"
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{
"_dis1": "0 24 32 7 36",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "sällsam"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ekscentričen",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "ексцентричен"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nevhodný"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nepříhodný"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nesourodý"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divný"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "prapodivný"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "prazvláštní"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "løjerlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "onlogisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "ongepast"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "onsamenhangend"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "incongru"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "inconvenant"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "malséant"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "dissonant"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "inappropriato"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "vano"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neprikladan"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "sirlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 22 36 8 31",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "sällsam"
}
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"word": "quaint"
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{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "A variant of cunt (possibly as a pun).",
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"plural"
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}
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"ref": "2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, page 9",
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"(archaic) The vulva."
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"Cleverly made; artfully contrived."
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"made"
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"artfully"
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"ref": "1924 November 17, Time",
"text": "What none would dispute though many smiled over was the good-humored, necessary, yet quaint omission of the writer's name from the whole consideration.",
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}
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"Strange or odd; unusual."
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],
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"(now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual."
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"dialectal"
]
},
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"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim."
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[
"fastidious",
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[
"prim",
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"ref": "2011 January 31, Ian Sample, The Guardian",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǔsègǔxiāng de",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "古色古香的"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "starodávný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pitoreskní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "starobylý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pitoreska"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pittoresque"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "vieillot"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mimzidveli",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "მიმზიდველი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"honorific"
],
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "malerisch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "caratteristico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pittoresco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "encanto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "staromódnyj",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "старомо́дный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "staromodan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "starinski"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pintoresco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "pittoresk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "gammaldags"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "sällsam"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "gammalmodig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "ovanlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having old-fashioned charm",
"word": "sirlig"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pričudliv",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "причудлив"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "kuriózní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "pitoreskní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kouzelný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "bizarní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "ejendommelig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "kuriøs"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "merkwaardig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "typisch"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "erikoinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "outo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "remarquable"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ucnauri",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "უცნაური"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saḳvirveli",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "საკვირველი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "kurios"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "wunderlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "komisch"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "curioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "bizzarro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "curioso"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "čudan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "curioso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "egendomlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "kuriös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "märkvärdig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interestingly strange",
"word": "sällsam"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ekscentričen",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "ексцентричен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nevhodný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nepříhodný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
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"word": "nesourodý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "divný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prapodivný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "prazvláštní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "løjerlig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "onlogisch"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "ongepast"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "onsamenhangend"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "incongru"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "inconvenant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "malséant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "dissonant"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "inappropriato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "vano"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neprikladan"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "sirlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "incongruous, inappropriate or illogical",
"word": "sällsam"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fastidious",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "háklivý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fastidious",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úzkostlivý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "veeleisend"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "kieskeurig"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "exigeant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "délicat"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fastidious",
"word": "fastidioso"
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"(archaic) The vulva."
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