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31/10/2026

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MISTRANSLATION

Wrong translation.

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-EST

A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives andadverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

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OPTIMISTIC

Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to theopinion that all events are ordered for the best.

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URANOLOGY

A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies;the study of the heavens; uranography.

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NAUGHT

In no degree; not at all. Chaucer.To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied. Fairfax.

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HEROSHIP

The character or personality of a hero. "Three years ofheroship." Cowper.

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UNKEMMED

Unkempt. [Obs.]

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DEMIWOLF

A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.

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INWROUGHT

Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into anyfabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, aswith figures.His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim.Milton.

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PUNCTURATION

The act or process of puncturing. See Acupuncture.

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ICHNEUMONIDAN

Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidæ, or ichneumon flies.-- n.

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DIMENSIONLESS

Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent.Milton.