{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-5":[{"type":"wordpress/fetchEditorialNotes/rejected","meta":{"arg":{"word":"bassarisk"},"requestId":"397bUEdUk-IypIJgPDEmO","rejectedWithValue":false,"requestStatus":"rejected","aborted":false,"condition":false},"error":{"name":"SyntaxError","message":"Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0","stack":"SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0\n at JSON.parse ()\n at Response.json (node:internal/deps/undici/undici:1817:21)\n at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n at async /app/server.js:389:13314"}},{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/their-vs-there-vs-theyre/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"\"Their\" vs. \"There\" vs. \"They're\": What's the Difference?","content":{"topicLabel":"Commonly confused"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/their-vs-there-vs-theyre-whats-the-difference-20241120.png","description":"Unsure about when to use \"their,\" \"there,\" or \"they're\"? Clear up the confusion with these handy tips.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/parenting-buzzwords-quiz","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"parenting-buzzwords-quiz","questionNumber":"3"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/onto-vs-on-to/","text":"\"Onto\" vs. \"On To\": What's the Difference?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/that-vs-which/","text":"\"That\" vs. \"Which\": When Do You Use Each?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/scrabble/","text":"What Was Scrabble's Original Name?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/ways-to-say/list-of-vegetables/","text":"This List of Vegetables Is No Small Potatoes"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/imbed-vs-embed/","text":"\"Imbed\" vs. \"Embed\": What's the Difference?"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/context-clues/","text":"What Are Context Clues?"}],"topicLabel":"🔎"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/meteor-vs-asteroid-vs-comet/","text":"Meteor vs. Asteroid vs. Comet: What's the Difference?"}],"topicLabel":"Space ☄️"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/","text":"Should You Say \"Octopuses\" Or \"Octopi\"?"}],"topicLabel":"Plurals"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"qSvDqO5NdII1yyqNINMSp","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchWordsNearby/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"before":[{"slug":"bas-relief","entry":"bas-relief"},{"slug":"bas-rhin","entry":"Bas-Rhin"},{"slug":"bass","entry":"bass"},{"slug":"bassackwards","entry":"bassackwards"},{"slug":"bassano","entry":"Bassano"}],"after":[{"slug":"bass-bar","entry":"bass-bar"},{"slug":"bass-clef","entry":"bass clef"},{"slug":"bass-drum","entry":"bass drum"},{"slug":"bassein","entry":"Bassein"},{"slug":"basse-normandie","entry":"Basse-Normandie"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"bassarisk"},"requestId":"ZiTlUu-bi5j4lEzOXzbNT","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"bassarisk"},"requestId":"XSs-ZrL8HPVdkQMaTzaJ4","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchDictionaryResults/fulfilled","payload":{"slugs":[{"entries":[{"__typename":"Entry","audioPronunciations":[{"mpeg":"https://nonprod-audio.dictionary.com/B01/B0140700/B0140700.mp3"}],"confusableNotes":[],"genderNotes":[],"grammarNotes":[],"headword":{"displayForm":"bassarisk","slug":"bassarisk"},"idioms":[],"orderKey":99999010,"ordinal":10,"origin":{"originChunks":"[{\"text\": \"<\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"New Latin\", \"type\": \"langn\"}, {\"text\": \"Bassariscus\", \"type\": \"emphasis\"}, {\"text\": \"name of genus, equivalent to\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"Greek\", \"type\": \"langn\"}, {\"text\": \"bass\\u00e1r\", \"type\": \"emphasis\"}, {\"text\": \"(\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"a\", \"type\": \"emphasis\"}, {\"text\": \") fox +\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"New Latin\", \"type\": \"langn\"}, {\"text\": \"-iscus\", \"type\": \"emphasis\"}, {\"text\": \"diminutive suffix <\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"Greek\", \"type\": \"langn\"}, {\"text\": \"-iskos\", \"type\": \"emphasis\"}]"},"partOfSpeechBlock":[{"definitions":[{"antonymsConnection":{"edges":[]},"definitionSetChunks":"[{\"type\": \"def\", \"children\": [{\"text\": \"any carnivorous mammal of the genus\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"Bassariscus,\", \"type\": \"emphasis\"}, {\"text\": \"comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.\", \"type\": \"text\"}]}]","examples":[],"ordinal":1,"subdefinitions":[],"synonymsConnection":{"edges":[]}}],"inflectionSets":[],"labelSet":null,"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationNotes":[],"pronunciationSet":{"pronunciationSetChunk":"{\"type\": \"pronunciation_set\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e5d3fff.-7bca\", \"pronunciationGroupChunks\": [{\"type\": \"pronunciation_group\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e5d3fff.-7bc9\", \"ipaChunks\": [{\"text\": \"\\u02c8b\\u00e6s \\u0259\\u02ccr\\u026ask\", \"type\": \"text\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e5d3fff.-7bc8\"}], \"spellChunks\": [{\"text\": \"bas\", \"type\": \"bold\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e5d3fff.-7bc6\"}, {\"text\": \"-\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"uh\", \"type\": \"emphasis\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e5d3fff.-7bc5\"}, {\"text\": \"-risk\", \"type\": \"text\"}]}]}"},"relatedFormSets":[],"sensitiveNotes":[],"spellingNotes":[],"synonymStudy":[],"usageAlerts":[],"usageNotes":[],"variants":[],"verbPhrases":[]}],"url":"bassarisk"}]},"meta":{"arg":{"slug":"bassarisk"},"requestId":"y4kc0j1BSo5g6cZsurXBi","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchResultsData/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"url":"bassarisk","displayForm":"bassarisk","canonicalSlug":"bassarisk","content":[{"source":"luna","entries":[{"id":"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e5d3fff.-7bce","type":"normal","entry":"bassarisk","entrySyllabified":"bas·sa·risk","entryVariants":[],"homograph":null,"pronunciation":{"ipa":"ˈbæs əˌrɪsk ","spell":"bas-uh-risk ","audio":{"audio/ogg":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/lunawav/B01/B0140700.ogg","audio/mpeg":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/B01/B0140700.mp3"}},"predefinitionContent":"","posBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"order":1,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]}],"pos":"noun","posSupplementaryInfo":""}],"origin":"<New Latin Bassariscus name of genus, equivalent to Greek bassár(a) fox + New Latin -iscus diminutive suffix <Greek -iskos","originData":null,"supplementaryNotes":[],"variantForms":[],"variantSpellings":[],"referenceData":[],"relatedForms":[],"confusables":[]}]}],"nearbyWordOrdinal":13691,"index-rank-01":["bassarisk"],"index-rank-02":[],"index-rank-03":[],"index-rank-04":["bassarisk's","bassarisks","bassarisks'"],"index-rank-05":[],"index-rank-06":[],"index-rank-07":[],"index-rank-08":[],"index-rank-09":[],"index-rank-10":[],"index-rank-11":[],"index-rank-12":[],"index-rank-13":[],"index-rank-14":[],"index-rank-15":[],"complexityScore":0.5151799131065263,"gradeLevel":"post_college","tunaSlug":null,"isFeaturedMetaSlug":false}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"bassarisk"},"requestId":"Eh2pM3mj3M6dCKo-qF9iM","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"luna":["bassarisk","Caesarism","Sassari","asterisk","basilisk","bassist","tamarisk","basal disk","ambassadress","Hissarlik","Vassar"],"tuna":["asterisk","basilisk","glossarist","assail","assart","at risk","caesarian","hussars","passages","glossarian"],"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"bassarisk","slug":"bassarisk"},{"displayForm":"Caesarism","slug":"caesarism"},{"displayForm":"Sassari","slug":"sassari"},{"displayForm":"asterisk","slug":"asterisk"},{"displayForm":"basilisk","slug":"basilisk"},{"displayForm":"bassist","slug":"bassist"},{"displayForm":"tamarisk","slug":"tamarisk"},{"displayForm":"basal disk","slug":"basal-disk"},{"displayForm":"ambassadress","slug":"ambassadress"},{"displayForm":"Hissarlik","slug":"hissarlik"},{"displayForm":"Vassar","slug":"vassar"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"asterisk","slug":"asterisk"},{"displayForm":"basilisk","slug":"basilisk"},{"displayForm":"glossarist","slug":"glossarist"},{"displayForm":"assail","slug":"assail"},{"displayForm":"assart","slug":"assart"},{"displayForm":"at risk","slug":"at-risk"},{"displayForm":"caesarian","slug":"caesarian"},{"displayForm":"hussars","slug":"hussars"},{"displayForm":"passages","slug":"passages"},{"displayForm":"glossarian","slug":"glossarian"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"bassarisk"},"requestId":"RfMG99XkQMQzBZgMZNLBj","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

bassarisk

noun

Word History and Origins