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09/07/2024

#31924

PEDANTIZE

PEDANTIZE

To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [R.]

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PALUDISM

PALUDISM

The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes;malarial disease or disposition.

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DISQUANTITY

DISQUANTITY

To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.

#6423

POLYNESIAN

POLYNESIAN

Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern andcentral Pacific), or to the Polynesians.

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LESSEE

LESSEE

The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate bylease. Blackstone.

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ACCESSORILY

ACCESSORILY

In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.

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ADRAD

ADRAD

Put in dread; afraid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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REAR-HORSE

REAR-HORSE

A mantis.

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BEKNOW

BEKNOW

To confess; to acknowledge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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MOMMERY

MOMMERY

See Mummery. Rowe.

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PLESIMORPHISM

PLESIMORPHISM

The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing inclosely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.

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BIRDMAN

BIRDMAN

A fowler or birdcatcher.