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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

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{ "term": "especial", "partOfSpeech": "adjective", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "greater or better than usual; special in some way or for a particular group", "examples": [ { "text": "a matter of especial importance" }, { "text": "The lecture will be of especial interest to history students." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈspeʃl/", "audio": "es/especial/especial__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɪˈspeʃl/", "audio": "es/especial/especial__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin specialis ‘special’, from species, literally ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’." }