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81Ioan Gyuri Pascu — or Ioan Ghiurico Pascu (also credited as Gyuri Pascu, Ghyuri Pascu and Joan Pascu; born August 31, 1961) is a Romanian pop music singer, producer, actor and comedian, also known for his participation in the comedy troupe Divertis and for his… …
82Serbian Christmas traditions — An icon representing the Nativity of Jesus Christ. The Serbian Orthodox Church uses the traditional Julian Calendar. From 1900 until 2100, the Julian calendar is 13 days behind the Gregorian and therefore Serbian Christmas Day falls on 7 January… …
83ipocoristico — (ласкательный, гипокористический | hypocoristique | hypokoristisch, Kosewort, Kosename | hypocoristic | ipocoristico) Обращение, выражающее ласку (гр. hypo koristikos); таковы во французском имена с удвоением: fifille «дочка», некоторые… …
84hypocoristically — See hypocoristic. * * * …
85ʿḏr — Central Semitic, to help. 1. Ezra, from Hebrew ʿezrāʾ, hypocoristic form of a name such as ʿazrîʾēl, God (is) my help, from ʿazr , ʿezr , presuffixal form of ʿēzer, help (ʾēl, God; see ʾl). 2. Lazarus, from Hebrew …
86ass — ass1 asslike, adj. /as/, n. 1. a long eared, slow, patient, sure footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden. 2. any wild species of the genus Equus, as the onager. 3. a stupid, foolish, or… …
87dobbin — /dob in/, n. 1. a horse, esp. a quiet, plodding horse for farm work or family use. 2. a drinking vessel of the 18th century holding a gill. [1590 1600; alter. of Robin, hypocoristic form of Robert] * * * …
88donkey — /dong kee, dawng , dung /, n., pl. donkeys, adj. n. 1. the domestic ass, Equus asinus. 2. (since 1874) a representation of this animal as the emblem of the U.S. Democratic party. 3. a stupid, silly, or obstinate person. 4. a woodworking apparatus …
89emberizine — /em beuh ruy zin, zuyn/, Ornith. adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the subfamily Emberizinae, comprising the buntings, New World sparrows, and related birds. n. 2. an emberizine bird. [ < NL Emberizinae, equiv. to Emberiz(a) the bunting genus (… …
90-ette — a noun suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French, where it has been used in a variety of diminutive and hypocoristic formations (brunette; cigarette; coquette; etiquette; rosette); as an English suffix, ette forms diminutives… …
