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04/07/2026

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MUSOMANIA

See Musicomania.

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KYRIOLOGICAL

Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabeticalcharacters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters wascalled kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds.See Curiologic. [Written also curiologic and kuriologic.]

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UNLAP

To unfold. [Obs.] Wyclif.

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ARIETATION

A short aria, or air. "A military ariette." Sir W. Scott.

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DEMILANCE

A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.

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DECONSECRATE

To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.-- De*con`se*cra"tion, n.

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LITTLENESS

The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size,thought, duration, power, etc.

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WATERWORT

Any plant of the natural order Elatineæ, consisting of twogenera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing inthe edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.

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PROBAL

Approved; probable. [Obs.] Shak.

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GRADUALITY

The state of being gradual; gradualness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

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ORDONNANT

Of or pertaining to ordonnance. Dryden.

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EGREGIOUS

Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); --formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joinedwith words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregiousass; an egregious mistake.The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall.His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton.