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09/08/2024
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PUNDIT
PUNDIT
A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in theSanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of theHindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written alsopandit.] [India]
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CALVINIST
CALVINIST
A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.
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MULTIPLICITY
MULTIPLICITY
The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state ofbeing many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects."A multiplicity of goods." South.
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SETIGER
SETIGER
An annelid having setæ; a chætopod.
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LISTERIZE
LISTERIZE
To make antiseptic.
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FOREPRIZE
FOREPRIZE
To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.] Hooker.
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BELIGHT
BELIGHT
To illuminate. [Obs.] Cowley.
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MINISTRESS
MINISTRESS
A woman who ministers. Akenside.
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BRUTALLY
BRUTALLY
In a brutal manner; cruelly.
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SATIRIST
SATIRIST
One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.The mighty satirist, who . . . had spread through the Whig ranks.Macaulay.
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LATINITASTER
LATINITASTER
One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker.
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ERYTHRIC
ERYTHRIC
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.