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17/12/2024

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INTERJECTION

A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion orfeeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation.An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a wholegrammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as therudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rankit among the parts of speech. Earle.How now! interjections Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha,he! Shak.

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PERIWIG

A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, andrepresenting the natural hair; a wig. Shak.

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WEDLOCK

To marry; to unite in marriage; to wed. [R.] "Man thuswedlocked." Milton.

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BAREBACK

On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, toride bareback.

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KABASSOU

See Cabassou.

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PARAKEET

Same as Parrakeet.

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HURLBAT

See Whirlbat. [Obs.] Holland.

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FANTASTICO

A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak.

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LARYNGOPHONY

The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when thelatter is placed upon the larynx.

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EGREGIOUSLY

Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.

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LIBRIFORM

Having the form of liber, or resembling liber. Libriform cells,peculiar wood cells which are very slender and relatively thick-walled, and occasionally are furnished with bordered pits. Goodale.

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MISINTERPRETATION

The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.