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},
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "zest + -y",
"forms": [
{
"form": "zestier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more zesty",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "zestiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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},
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}
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"Having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy."
],
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[
"piquant",
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],
[
"pungent",
"pungent"
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"taste",
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],
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"spicy"
]
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{
"_dis1": "98 2 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pikanten",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "пикантен"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "pikantní"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "pittig"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "piquant"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
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},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 0",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "de zest"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pikántnyj",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "пика́нтный"
}
]
},
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"Zestful."
],
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[
"Zestful",
"zestful"
]
]
},
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"langcode": "en",
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"parents": [
"Sexuality",
"Human behaviour",
"Sex",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
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{
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"_dis": "21 0 79",
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"Effeminately or flamboyantly gay."
],
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"LGBT",
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],
[
"Effeminately",
"effeminate"
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"flamboyant",
"flamboyant"
],
[
"gay",
"gay"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, LGBT, of a man) Effeminately or flamboyantly gay."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a man"
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"LGBT",
"lifestyle",
"sexuality"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈzɛsti/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsti"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more zesty",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "zestiest",
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"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "most zesty",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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"1": "er",
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},
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}
],
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"Having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy."
],
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"piquant",
"piquant"
],
[
"pungent",
"pungent"
],
[
"taste",
"taste"
],
[
"spicy",
"spicy"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Zestful."
],
"links": [
[
"Zestful",
"zestful"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"en:LGBT"
],
"glosses": [
"Effeminately or flamboyantly gay."
],
"links": [
[
"LGBT",
"LGBT"
],
[
"Effeminately",
"effeminate"
],
[
"flamboyant",
"flamboyant"
],
[
"gay",
"gay"
]
],
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"(informal, LGBT, of a man) Effeminately or flamboyantly gay."
],
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"of a man"
],
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"informal"
],
"topics": [
"LGBT",
"lifestyle",
"sexuality"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈzɛsti/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsti"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
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}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pikanten",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "пикантен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "pikantní"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "pittig"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "piquant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "épicé"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "de zest"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pikántnyj",
"sense": "having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy",
"word": "пика́нтный"
}
],
"word": "zesty"
}
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