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| That once was; former: "the quondam drunkard, now perfectly sober" |
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| A 15th-century English technique of improvising two parts around the main melody of a cantus firmus. |
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| a type of secular vocal music composition, written during the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Throughout most of its history it was polyphonic and unaccompanied by instruments, with the number of voices varying from two to eight, but most frequently three to six. |
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| a member of an elite or powerful group or class, as in intellectual or cultural milieus: "the mandarins of the art world. " |
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| Obsolete term for the testicles. |
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| The liver wing, a choice cut of meat, is described by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the right wing of a fowl, etc. which, when dressed for cooking, has the liver tucked under it." |
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disposed, prepared, inclined; in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"
gladly, lief |
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| A panegyrical funeral oration. |
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1. Sleep; rest.
2. A crude or makeshift bed.
To go to bed, especially in a crude or makeshift bed; sleep. |
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| a place that offers very cheap lodging, generally by providing only minimal services. |
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| a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
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| a region of land that sticks out in a body of water. It is also defined as a piece of land with water on three sides |
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is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal.
The measure put to a vote is known in the U.S. as a ballot proposition or measure. |
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1. to pull up by or as by the roots; uproot; eradicate
2. to separate from one's roots or ties, esp. ethnic or national ones |
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In its broader sense of a struggle or contest, agon referred to a contest in athletics, chariot or horse racing, music or literature at a public festival in ancient Greece.
Agon was also a mythological personification of the contests |
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1. Chiefly Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas. a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus.
2. a gratuity or tip.
3. an unexpected or indirect benefit. |
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| to recall or stop by a contrary order. |
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| A leather strap looped under a horse's tail and attached to a harness or saddle to keep it from slipping forward. |
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| a leap straight upward during which the dancer crosses the legs and beats the calves together a number of times |
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| outhouse: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate |
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| To engage in boisterous merrymaking; revel noisily |
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| (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness |
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| belonging to, or partaking of the characteristics of, both sexes |
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| An inferior imitator, especially of some distinguished writer, artist, musician, or philosopher |
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| the praise of a person or thing |
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| poetic/literary made of or likened to marble |
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| characterized by speed and agility : nimble, lively : handy : maneuverable |
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1 : to put to a test
2 : to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform : try |
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| To have force or influence; bring about an effect or a change: |
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| Hanging back or falling behind; dilatory.A person who lags behind. |
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involving or characterized by a mixture of languages; esp., designating or of burlesque verse in which real or coined words from two or more languages are mixed, or words of a modern language are given Latin case endings and mixed with Latin words |
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: a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake
Origin of ROUÉ
French, literally, broken on the wheel, from past participle of rouer to break on the wheel, from Medieval Latin rotare, from Latin, to rotate; from the feeling that such a person deserves this punishment
First Known Use: 1800 |
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