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09/05/2026

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RIBALDROUS

RIBALDROUS

Of a ribald quality. [R.]

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TOQUET

TOQUET

See Toque, 1.

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PISOLITIC

PISOLITIC

Composed of, containing, or resembling, pisolite.

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ADVERSENESS

ADVERSENESS

The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.

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CHARACTERISTICAL

CHARACTERISTICAL

Characteristic.

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ORIGINALIST

ORIGINALIST

One who is original. [R.]

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SHOULDER-SHOTTEN

SHOULDER-SHOTTEN

Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. Shak.

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STRAGGLE

STRAGGLE

The act of straggling. [R.] Carlyle.

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HIERON

HIERON

A consecrateo place; esp., a temple.

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ISONOMIC

ISONOMIC

The same, or equal, in law or right; one in kind or origin;analogous; similar. Dana.

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CLIQUISM

CLIQUISM

The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.

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JOINTURE

JOINTURE

An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy afterhusband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction ofdower.The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall becounterpoised. Shak.