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A tenet of the Academic philosophy.

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The doctrines of the Academic philosophy.

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In bad taste; grotesque; odd.

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A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.

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A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

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Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

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A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.

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A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the produc…

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The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.

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The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house,…

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The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

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Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.

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Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

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Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

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An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Away.

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Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant.

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Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant.

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A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

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Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.

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A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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