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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "honeste",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "honeste (uncountable)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"respect, decency, honour:",
"integrity, virtue"
],
"links": [
[
"respect",
"respect"
],
[
"decency",
"decency"
],
[
"honour",
"honour"
],
[
"integrity",
"integrity"
],
[
"virtue",
"virtue"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"respect, decency, honour:",
"propriety, seemliness, respectableness"
],
"links": [
[
"respect",
"respect"
],
[
"decency",
"decency"
],
[
"honour",
"honour"
],
[
"propriety",
"propriety"
],
[
"seemliness",
"seemliness"
],
[
"respectableness",
"respectableness"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"respectability (honourable position or status)"
],
"links": [
[
"respectability",
"respectability"
],
[
"honourable",
"honourable#English"
],
[
"position",
"position#English"
],
[
"status",
"status#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"veneration, recognition"
],
"links": [
[
"veneration",
"veneration"
],
[
"recognition",
"recognition"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"beauty, elegance, taste"
],
"links": [
[
"beauty",
"beauty"
],
[
"elegance",
"elegance"
],
[
"taste",
"taste"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"chastity, virginity"
],
"links": [
[
"chastity",
"chastity"
],
[
"virginity",
"virginity"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɔˈnɛsteː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔnɛsteː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/-stiteː/"
}
],
"word": "honeste"
}
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