12 new words everyday

12/11/2024

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ARCHDEACONRY

The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. SeeBenefice.Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.

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LEPEROUS

Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous. "The leperousdistillment." Shak.

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EXTRAORDINARINESS

The quality of being extraordinary. [R.] Gov. of the Tongue.

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METHODOLOGY

The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.Coleridge.

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INCESSABLE

Unceasing; continual. [Obs.] Shelton.-- In*ces"sa*bly, adv. [Obs.]

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MERCILESS

Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animatebeings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant;merciless waves.The foe is merciless, and will not pity. Shak.

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HEALTHINESS

The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

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OUT-HEROD

To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in anyvicious or offensive particular. "It out-Herods Herod." Shak.Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott.

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EXUPERATE

To excel; to surmount. [Obs.]

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DUUMVIR

One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the samepublic functions.

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HETEROECIOUS

Passing through the different stages in its life history on analternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Pucciniagraminis), and certain other parasitic fungi; -- contrasted withautocious. -- Het`er*o"cism (#), n.

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MALTSTER

A maltman. Swift.