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tatterdemalion
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noun:
A person dressed in tattered or ragged clothing; a ragamuffin.
adjective:
Tattered; ragged. |
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adjective:
Of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic. |
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noun:
1. False accusation of a crime or offense, intended to injure
another's reputation.
2. Malicious misrepresentation; slander. |
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| machination \mack-uh-NAY-shuhn; mash-\, |
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noun:
1. The act of plotting.
2. A crafty scheme; a cunning design or plot intended to
accomplish some usually evil end. |
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| avoirdupois \av-uhr-duh-POIZ; AV-uhr-duh-poiz\, |
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noun:
1. Avoirdupois weight, a system of weights based on a pound
containing 16 ounces or 7,000 grains (453.59 grams).
2. Weight; heaviness; as, a person of much avoirdupois. |
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noun:
1. (Capitalized) A fire-breathing she-monster represented as
having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. Any imaginary monster made up of grotesquely incongruous
parts.
3. An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of
the imagination.
4. An individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of
diverse genetic constitution, produced as a result of organ
transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering. |
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noun:
A small stream or brook; a streamlet |
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noun:
A dull and tedious passage in a book, play, musical
composition, or the like. |
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| appellation \ap-uh-LAY-shun\, |
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Definition
noun:
1. The word by which a particular person or thing is called
and known; name; title; designation.
2. The act of naming. |
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intransitive verb:
To amuse oneself in light or lively manner; to frolic. |
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| indefatigable \in-dih-FAT-ih-guh-bul\, |
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adjective:
Incapable of being fatigued; not yielding to fatigue; not
readily exhausted; untiring; unwearying. |
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| plenipotentiary \plen-uh-puh-TEN-shee-air-ee; -shuh-ree\, |
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adjective:
Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power;
as, "plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers." |
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adjective:
1. Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as,
myriad stars.
2. Composed of numerous diverse elements or aspects. |
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| bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH; brih-\, |
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noun:
Construction or something constructed by using whatever
materials happen to be available |
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| malodorous \mal-OH-duhr-uhs\, |
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adjective:
Having a bad odor. |
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adjective:
1. Having the characteristics of both sexes.
2. Effeminate; unmasculine.
3. Sexless; neuter.
4. (Linguistics) Having but one form of the noun for both the
male and the female.
noun:
1. A person or thing that is epicene.
2. (Linguistics) An epicene word. |
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| skulduggery, also skullduggery \skul-DUG-uh-ree\, |
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noun:
Devious, dishonest, or unscrupulous behavior or activity;
also: an instance thereof. |
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noun:
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a
proverb. |
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adjective:
Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; as, "a wizened old man." |
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