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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A mask worn by an actor to indicate the character being played.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Qualifier: Ancient Greek theatre
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noun
The self-manifestation of an individual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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noun
A variety of small-scale structures in trilobites, such as ribbing, domes, and perforations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, mask, person”). Doublet of partzuf.
