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Messenger with news of the future. Something that foreshadows a future event :something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come robins, crocuses, and others are harbingers of spring..... |
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Hyperbolic is an adjective that comes from the word hyperbole, which means an exaggerated claim.
The Greek root huperbolē means “excess,” and broken down even further the word literally translates as “throw above.” |
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A word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung An excellent example of this is phrases in songs! "My Eyes Adored You" could become "Sweet Eyes Of Georgia" The old Beatles song "Day Tripper" could become "State Trooper" etc etc ... |
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Boom! Bang! Crash! When a word is formed from the sound that an associated thing makes, it's an example of onomatopoeia. In Greek, onomatopoeia (on-uh-mah-tuh-PEE-ah) simply means "word-making," but in English it refers to a very specific process of word-making: an attempt to capture the sound of something. Examples of onomatopoeia in English include burble, buzz, slosh, ratatat, and thud. Words created by onomatopoeia can seem totally natural, but they can be surprisingly different from language to language. |
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One who takes part in dialogue or conversation. Interlocutor derives from the Latin interloqui, meaning "to speak between". Interloqui, in turn, ultimately comes from the words inter-, "between," and loqui, "to speak." Some other words that English borrowed from loqui are loquacious "talkative", circumlocution essentially, "talking around a subject", ventriloquism "talking in such a way that one's voice seems to come from someone or something else", eloquent "capable of fluent or vivid speech, and grandiloquence "extravagant or pompous speech". |
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An object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck. An object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune. Something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects. Do you believe in lucky charms? Language reflects the fact that many people do. We might have borrowed talisman from French, Spanish, or Italian; all three include similar-looking words for a lucky charm. Those three terms derive from a single Arabic word for a charm, tilsam. Tilsam in turn can be traced to the ancient Greek verb telein, which means "to initiate into the mysteries." While the word talisman, in its strictest use, refers to an object, even a human being can be considered a talisman—such as a player on a team whose mere presence somehow causes magical things to happen. |
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A light saddle for women consisting chiefly of a cushion A pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle chiefly for a woman to ride on A motorcycle or bicycle saddle for a passenger. Scots Gaelic or Irish; Scottish Gaelic pillean, diminutive of peall covering, couch; Irish pillín, diminutive of peall covering, couch. |
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Definition of confabulate; confabulated; confabulating
intransitive verb 1 : to talk informally : chat 2 : to hold a discussion : confer 3 : to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication A major characteristic of brain-damaged patients is the tendency to confabulate—to hide and dissemble about their damage. —Peter R. Breggin
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A usually young man who does noisy and violent things as part of a group or gang.
1890s, of unknown origin, according to OED, first found in British newspaper police-court reports in the summer of 1898, almost certainly from the variant form of the Irish surname Houlihan, which figured as a characteristic comic Irish name in music hall songs and newspapers of the 1880s and '90s. |
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fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.
As a noun,,,late 14c., "follower of the philosophical system of Epicurus;" 1570s, "one devoted to pleasure," from Old French Epicurien, or from epicure + -ian. As an adjective, attested from 1580s in the philosophical sense and 1640s with the meaning "pleasure-loving." |
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A tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley: the Egyptian subspecies, C. papyrus hadidii, thought to be common in ancient times, now occurs only in several sites. A material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. In ancient Mediterranean times it was also used for making rope, sandals, and boats. An ancient document, manuscript, or scroll written on this material. |
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