{"id":14668,"date":"2018-03-09T08:32:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T14:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=14668"},"modified":"2018-03-09T08:32:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T14:32:25","slug":"word-of-the-day-332","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/03\/09\/word-of-the-day-332\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dulcet<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Sweet<\/a>, especially when describing\u00a0voice<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0tones<\/a>;\u00a0melodious<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Generally\u00a0pleasing<\/a>;\u00a0agreeable<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. (<\/span>archaic<\/a><\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0Sweet to the\u00a0taste<\/a>. [Wiktionary<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    I’ve used it many times over the years without knowing its precise meaning. For example, this morning I texted my Arts Editor:<\/p>\n

    Thrice the dulcet tones of cat barfing were heard last night, but only one has been found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Her reply?<\/p>\n

    Traps have been set for the unwary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Oh dear..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dulcet: Sweet, especially when describing\u00a0voice\u00a0or\u00a0tones;\u00a0melodious. Generally\u00a0pleasing;\u00a0agreeable. (archaic)\u00a0Sweet to the\u00a0taste. [Wiktionary] I’ve used it many times over the years without knowing its precise meaning. For example, this morning I texted my Arts Editor: Thrice the dulcet tones of cat barfing were heard last night, but only one has been found. Her \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14669,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14668\/revisions\/14669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}