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"word": "sicklify"
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"word": "sicklily"
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"2": "sygelig"
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"expansion": "Danish sygelig",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "sjuklig"
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"1": "is",
"2": "sjúklegur"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English seekly, sekely, siklich, sekeliche, equivalent to sick + -ly. Possibly a modification of Old English sīcle (“sickly”) and/or derived from Old Norse sjúkligr (“sickly”). Cognate with Dutch ziekelijk, Middle High German siechlich, Danish sygelig, Swedish sjuklig, Icelandic sjúklegur. The verb is from the adjective.",
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"form": "sicklier",
"tags": [
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]
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{
"text": "a sickly child",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "1759, Tobias Smollett, letter dated 16 March, 1759, in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume 1, p. 190,\n… the boy is a sickly lad, of a delicate frame, and particularly subject to a malady in his throat, which renders him very unfit for his Majesty’s service."
},
{
"ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 14, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 151:",
"text": "She is unfortunately of a sickly constitution, which has prevented her making that progress in many accomplishments which she could not otherwise have failed of;",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1982, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, New York: Ballantine, published 2008, page 4:",
"text": "[...] the sharp-scented bottle of crystals that sickly Cousin Bertha had carried to ward off fainting spells.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly."
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"Frequently",
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[
"ill",
"ill"
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[
"poor",
"poor"
],
[
"health",
"health"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "misqām",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "مِسْقَام"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "enfermizu"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bolnav",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "болнав"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "malaltís"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "malaltós"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "malaltús"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "ziekelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "malsanema"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "sairaalloinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "maladif"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "souffreteux"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chétif"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "valétudinaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "enfermizo"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "kränklich"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"tags": [
"Switzerland"
],
"word": "fehlbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "kränkelnd"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "siech"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "dahinsiechend"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "árrhōstos",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "ἄρρωστος"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "leice"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "galrach"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "aegrotaticius"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "morbōsus"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "aewa"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "matemate"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "anuhē"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "anuhea"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "manauhea"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "sīcle"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "chorowity"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "schorowany"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "enfermiço"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "doentio"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "valetudinário"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "bolnăvicios"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "boléznennyj",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "боле́зненный"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "enfermizo"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "enclenque"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "calamitoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "enteco"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "achacoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "valetudinario"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sjuklig"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sjukligt"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "sjukliga"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "sakitin"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "hastalıklı"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 2 4 14 2 0 4 1 2 5 5",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "èo uột"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
"text": "Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well,\nFor he went sickly forth:",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 11:30:",
"text": "For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep [i.e. have died].",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "1782, Samuel Johnson, letter dated 20 March, 1782, in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume 2, p. 419,\nThe season was dreary, I was sickly, and found the friends sickly whom I went to see."
},
{
"text": "1850, Charlotte Brontë, letter dated 29 April, 1850, in Elizabeth Gaskell, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, London: Smith, Elder, 1857, Chapter 6, p. 157,\nPapa continues far from well; he is often very sickly in the morning,"
},
{
"ref": "1958, Muriel Spark, chapter 9, in Robinson, New York: New Directions, published 2003, page 128:",
"text": "Miguel’s temperature was normal that day, though he was still sickly and restless.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Not in good health; (somewhat) sick."
],
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"_dis1": "10 71 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 1 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not in good health; somewhat sick",
"word": "huonovointinen"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1931, Pearl S. Buck, chapter 27, in The Good Earth, New York: Modern Library, published 1944, page 236:",
"text": "[...] the good wheat on this land had turned sickly and yellow.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1962, Rachel Carson, chapter 6, in Silent Spring, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 79:",
"text": "With the aid of the marigolds the roses flourished; in the control beds they were sickly and drooping.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth. (of a plant)"
],
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{
"_dis1": "4 2 43 11 1 1 9 4 1 13 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by poor or unhealthy growth",
"word": "kitukasvuinen"
}
]
},
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{
"text": "a sickly pallor",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne and Son, and T. Cadell, Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 9, p. 121,\n… she exhibited a countenance so wretched, and a complection so sickly, that Cecilia was impressed with horror at the sight."
},
{
"ref": "1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, chapter 12, in A Simple Story, volume 3, London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, pages 161–162:",
"text": "[...] he saw him arrive with his usual florid appearance: had he come pale and sickly, Sandford had been kind to him; but in apparent good health and spirits, he could not form his mouth to tell him he was “glad to see him.”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1961, Joseph Heller, chapter 39, in Catch-22, New York: Dell:",
"text": "Yossarian [...] could not wipe from his mind the excruciating image of the barefoot boy with sickly cheeks [...]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness."
],
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"infirm",
"infirm"
],
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"unhealthy",
"unhealthy"
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],
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"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "sairaalloinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"english": "(persons) depending on the context",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "blass"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "fahl"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "kränklich"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "unwohl"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"english": "plants",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "welk"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "ungesund"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "krankhaft"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "abgeschlagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "meata"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "chorowity"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "enfermiço"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "doentio"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čáxlyj",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "ча́хлый"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 1 5 60 2 2 6 2 3 5 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appearing ill",
"word": "enfermizo"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, London: H. Herringman, published 1667, act II, page 17:",
"text": "The Moon grows sickly at the sight of day.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1757, Thomas Gray, Odes, Dublin: G. Faulkner and J. Rudd, page 5:",
"text": "Night, and all her sickly dews,\nHer Spectres wan, and Birds of boding cry,",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 5, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Mr. Moore haunted his mill, his mill-yard, his dye-house, and his warehouse till the sickly dawn strengthened into day.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXII, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 235:",
"text": "It [the match] lit, burned blue and sickly, and then budded into a robust flame.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, London: Virago, 1944, section 2, p. 226:",
"text": "Duncan saw the men through a haze of wire and cigarette smoke and sickly, artificial light;",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright."
],
"id": "en-sickly-en-adj-EXCM9355",
"links": [
[
"Shedding",
"shed"
],
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"bright",
"bright"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "faint"
},
{
"word": "pale"
},
{
"word": "wan"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 90 1 1 1 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shedding a relatively small amount of light",
"word": "himmeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 90 1 1 1 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shedding a relatively small amount of light",
"word": "heikko"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a sickly smile",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1730, James Thomson, The Tragedy of Sophonisba, London: A. Millar, act II, scene 1, page 19:",
"text": "What man of soul would [...] run,\nDay after day, the still-returning round\nOf life’s mean offices, and sickly joys;\nBut in compassion to mankind?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1779, Hannah More, The Fatal Falsehood, London: T. Cadell, act II, page 27:",
"text": "[...] my credulous heart\n[...] fondly loves to cherish\nThe feeble glimmering of a sickly hope.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1961, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 19, in Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC:",
"text": "He held a vast but carefully concealed distaste for all things American […] their manners, their bastard architecture and sickly arts … and their blind, pathetic, arrogant belief in their superiority long after their sun had set.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking intensity or vigour."
],
"id": "en-sickly-en-adj-DXCTiNMo",
"links": [
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"word": "مِسْقَام"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "aewa"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "matemate"
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"word": "anuhē"
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "doentio"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "frequently ill",
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{
"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "frequently ill",
"word": "èo uột"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "not in good health; somewhat sick",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "tending to produce nausea",
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"sense": "overly sweet",
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"code": "fr",
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sickly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sickly.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sickly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sickly.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪkli"
}
],
"word": "sickly"
}
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