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  • 51Pejorative suffix — A pejorative suffix is a suffix that attaches a negative meaning to the word or word stem preceding it. There is frequent overlap between this and the diminutive form.The pejorative suffix may add the sense of a despicable example of the… …

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  • 52Chazey Heath — Coordinates: 51°29′32″N 1°00′12″W / 51.4922°N 1.0032°W / 51.4922; 1.0032 …

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  • 53Bat — A pack saddle; from the combination bat horse (cheval de bat), which carried an officer s baggage, we have batman = an officer s servant. [< OldFr. bat = pack saddle] …

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  • 54summer — summer1 [sum′ər] n. [ME sumer < OE sumor, akin to Ger sommer < IE base * sem , summertime > Sans sámā, half year, season] 1. the warmest season of the year: in the North Temperate Zone, generally regarded as including the months of June …

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  • 55sum|mer — sum|mer1 «SUHM uhr», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. the warmest season of the year; season of the year between spring and autumn: »Shall I compare thee to a summer s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate (Shakespeare). 2. Figurative.… …

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  • 56Twm Siôn Cati — (Welsh form, variously anglicised as Twm Sion Cati, Twm Shon Catti, Twm Shon Catty and so on) is a figure in Welsh folklore, often described as the Welsh Robin Hood. Background Tales about him vary on important details, but he is usually said to… …

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  • 57Arabic influence on the Spanish language — has been significant, due to the Islamic presence in the Iberian peninsula between 711 and 1492 A.D. (see Al Andalus). Modern day Spanish language (also called castellano in Spanish) first appeared in the small Christian Kingdom of Castile in… …

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  • 58deru-, dō̆ ru-, dr(e)u-, drou-; dreu̯ǝ- : drū- —     deru , dō̆ ru , dr(e)u , drou ; dreu̯ǝ : drū     English meaning: tree     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Baum”, probably originally and actually “Eiche”     Note: see to the precise definition Osthoff Par. I 169 f., Hoops Waldb. 117 f.; in addition… …

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  • 59Corbinian — Saint Corbinian Saint Corbinian depicted in The Miracle of the Bear (1489) by Jan Polack. Diocesan Museum in Freising, Germany. Bishop Born c. 670 …

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  • 60gantry — A frame housing the x ray tube, collimators, and detectors in a CT machine, with a large opening into which the patient is inserted; a mechanical support for mounting a device to be moved in a circular path. [M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. cantherius,… …

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