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{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛst(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛːst(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gest"
}
],
"word": "geste"
}
{
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English verbs",
"enm:Entertainment",
"enm:Music",
"enm:Poetry"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "geste",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "guest",
"word": "gest"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of gest (“guest”)."
],
"links": [
[
"gest",
"gest#Middle_English:_guest"
]
],
"senseid": [
"enm:guest"
],
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}
],
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}
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],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to host a guest",
"word": "gesten"
}
],
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"Alternative form of gesten (“to host a guest”)"
],
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"gesten",
"gesten#Middle_English:_to_host_a_guest"
]
],
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}
],
"word": "geste"
}
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"categories": [
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],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to read poetry",
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}
],
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"Alternative form of gesten (“to read poetry”)"
],
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"gesten",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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