GRE/oxford_api/json/1857_dulcet.json
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{"id": "dulcet", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "dulcet", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"entries": [{"etymologies": ["late Middle English doucet, from Old French doucet, diminutive of doux, from Latin dulcis \u2018sweet\u2019. The Latin form influenced the modern spelling"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/dulcet_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u02c8d\u028cls\u026at"}], "senses": [{"constructions": [{"text": "dulcet tones"}], "definitions": ["(especially of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically)"], "examples": [{"text": "record the dulcet tones of your family and friends"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0302630.005", "shortDefinitions": ["sweet and soothing"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "sweet"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sweet-sounding"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mellifluous"}, {"language": "en", "text": "euphonious"}, {"language": "en", "text": "soothing"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mellow"}, {"language": "en", "text": "honeyed"}, {"language": "en", "text": "pleasant"}, {"language": "en", "text": "agreeable"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "dulcet", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0004520.001"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "adjective", "text": "Adjective"}, "text": "dulcet"}], "type": "headword", "word": "dulcet"}], "word": "dulcet"}