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101factious — factiously, adv. factiousness, n. /fak sheuhs/, adj. 1. given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government. 2. pertaining to or proceeding from faction: factious quarrels. [1525 35; < L factiosus fond of doing …
102Herodotus — /heuh rod euh teuhs/, n. 484? 425? B.C., Greek historian. * * * born 484?, Helicarnassus, Asia Minor died 430/420 BC Greek historian. He resided in Athens and then in Thurii in southern Italy. His travels covered a large part of the Persian… …
103literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
104litigious — litigiously, adv. litigiousness, litigiosity /li tij ee os i tee/, n. /li tij euhs/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to litigation. 2. excessively or readily inclined to litigate: a litigious person. 3. inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative.… …
105Motown — /moh town /, n. 1. Detroit, Michigan: a nickname. 2. Also called Motown sound. an upbeat, often pop influenced style of rhythm and blues associated with the city of Detroit and with numerous black vocalists and vocal groups since the 1950s and… …
106proagon — /proh ag ohn, on, proh ah gohn /, n., pl. proagones /proh euh goh neez/. Greek. (in ancient Greek comedy) a disputatious exchange, sometimes of a slapstick nature, between the chorus and the characters, or among the characters themselves, usually …
107rhetoric — /ret euhr ik/, n. 1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast. 2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. 3. the study of the effective… …
108Erasmus, Desiderius — born Oct. 27, 1469, Rotterdam, Holland died July 12, 1536, Basel, Switz. Dutch priest and humanist, considered the greatest European scholar of the 16th century. The illegitimate son of a priest and a physician s daughter, he entered a monastery… …
109Lesage, Jean — born June 10, 1912, Montreal, Que., Can. died Dec. 12, 1980, near Quebec, Que. Canadian politician. He served as Canadian minister of resources and development from 1953 to 1957. In 1958 he became leader of Quebec s Liberal Party. When the… …
110Swift, Jonathan — born Nov. 30, 1667, Dublin, Ire. died Oct. 19, 1745, Dublin Irish author, the foremost prose satirist in English. He was a student at Dublin s Trinity College during the anti Catholic Revolution of 1688 in England. Irish Catholic reaction in… …
