Short for POET LAUREATE. ■ adj. POETIC/LITERARY wreathed with laurel as a mark of honor. (of a crown or wreath) consisting of laurel. lau·re·ate·ship n. late Middle English (as an adjective): from...
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Kenning /ˈkeniNG/ I. noun a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning, e.g., oar-steed = ship.
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City in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, southwest of Sarajevo, the chief town of Herzegovina; pop. 126,000. Its chief landmark, an old Turkish bridge across the Neretva River, was destroyed during th...
Cas·u·ist·ry n. the use of clever but unsound reasoning, esp. in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
By pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water: the town's lifeboat was launched to rescue the fishermen. - set (a newly built ship or boat) afloat for the first time, typically as part of an of...
Bane n. [usu. in sing.] a cause of great distress or annoyance: the bane of the decorator is the long, narrow hall; the depressions that were the the bane of her existence.
Back·wa·ter n. a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant: the eels inhabit backwaters. - an isolated or peaceful place: a sleepy Midwest backwater. - a place or condit...
A·vun·cu·lar adj. 1 of or relating to an uncle. kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person:
A·bid·ing adj. [attrib.] (of a feeling or a memory) lasting a long time; enduring: he had an abiding respect for her. a·bid·ing·ly adv.
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[LAW] deliver (a document such as a summons or writ) in a formal manner to the person to whom it is addressed: a warrant was served on Jack Sherman. deliver a document to (someone) in such a way: the...
The rule is, don't speak of the dead, not don't speak ill of the dead's terrible relatives.
Proust, Marcel (1871–1922), French novelist, essayist, and critic. He devoted much of his life to writing his novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27). Its central theme is the recovery of the lo...
Drake, Sir Francis /drāk/ (c. 1540–96), English sailor and explorer. In his ship the Golden Hind he was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe (1577–80). He also played an important part in...
3 [trans.] used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g., lay the blame on means ‘to blame’: she laid great stress on little cour...
Forming the superlative of adjectives and adverbs, esp. those of more than one syllable: the most important event of my life; sandy plains where fire tends to spread most quickly. 3 extremely; very: i...
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Ac·cou·cheur n. a male midwife.