affront (verb)
81strunt — I. ˈstrənt, ru̇nt noun ( s) Etymology: obsolete English strunt, adjective, stubby, perhaps alteration of English stunt (I) 1. chiefly Scot & dialect England : the stump of a tail 2. chi …
82af|front´er — af|front «uh FRUHNT», noun, verb. –n. 1. a word or act intended to show disrespect or contempt; open insult: »To be called a coward is an affront. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under insult. (Cf. ↑insult) 2. a slight or injury to one s dignity. SYNONYM(S) …
83af|front — «uh FRUHNT», noun, verb. –n. 1. a word or act intended to show disrespect or contempt; open insult: »To be called a coward is an affront. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under insult. (Cf. ↑insult) 2. a slight or injury to one s dignity. SYNONYM(S):… …
84Samurai — For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). Samurai in armor, 1860s. Hand coloured photograph by Felice Beato …
85Tower of Babel — The Tower of Babel ( he. מגדל בבל Migdal Bavel ar. برج بابل Burj Babil ) is a structure featured in chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis, an enormous tower intended as the crowning achievement of the city of Babilu, the Akkadian name for Babylon.… …
86Henry Bradley — (1845 ndash; 1923) was a British philologist and lexicographer of the Victorian era who succeeded James Murray as senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary . Bradley came to Murray’s attention in February 1884 when he reviewed the first… …
87Pederasty in ancient Greece — Pederastic courtship scene Athenian black figure amphora, 5th c. BC, Painter of Cambridge; Object currently in the collection of the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, Germany. The bearded man is depicted in a traditional… …
88Galant — Zwischen Roman und offener Chronique Scandaleuse: Anne Marguerite Petit DuNoyer: Die galante Correspondentz, 1–2; Freyburg, H. Clement, 1712 Als galant bezeichnet man im alltäglichen deutschen Sprachgebrauch das zuvorkommende Verhalten eines… …
89Höflichkeitsform — Höflichkeitsform, auch Honorificum (lat. honorificus „ehrend“) oder Honorativ(um) (lat. honoratus „geehrt“), bezeichnet in der Sprachwissenschaft eine grammatische Kategorie, die das soziale Verhältnis zwischen dem Sprecher, dem Angesprochenen… …
90bullfighting — See bullfighter. * * * Spanish corrida de toros Spectacle, popular in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, in which matadors ceremonially taunt, and usually kill, bulls in an arena. Spectacles with bulls were common in ancient Crete, Thessaly, and …
