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Ae
unknown · 78% connection
A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…
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Anglo-Saxonism
noun · 78% connection
A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
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Ante-
unknown · 78% connection
A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.…
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Atticism
noun · 78% connection
The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.
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Atticize
verb · 78% connection
To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
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Barbarism
noun · 78% connection
An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.
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Byzantine
noun · 78% connection
A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…
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Classicalism
noun · 78% connection
A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
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De-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to…
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Debase
adjective · 78% connection
To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to a…
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Dis-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…
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Energy
noun · 78% connection
an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
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Eysell
noun · 78% connection
Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…
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Glossopharyngeal
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the…
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Hound's-tongue
noun · 78% connection
A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed…
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Hyoid
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.
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Hypoglossal
adjective · 78% connection
Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to…
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Idiom
noun · 78% connection
the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
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