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51Tanuki — nihongo|Tanuki|狸 or タヌキ is the Japanese word for the Japanese raccoon dog ( Nyctereutes procyonides viverrinus ). They have been part of Japanese folklore since ancient times. The legendary tanuki is reputed to be mischievous and jolly, a master… …
52Volksdeutsche — This page describes the origins and historical use of the term Volksdeutsche . For the article about the people this term describes, see Ethnic German. Volksdeutsche ( ethnic Germans ) is a historical term which arose in the early 20th century to …
53Parsonage — This unusual name is of Old French origin, and an occupational or topographical surname for someone who either worked at a parson s home, or lived at or by a parson s house. The derivation is from the Old French term personage , introduced into… …
54auburn — [15] The colour of auburn has changed over the centuries. The word comes originally from Latin albus ‘white’ (whence English album, albino, alb, albedo, and albion), from which was derived in medieval Latin alburnus ‘off white’. This passed via… …
55bead — {{11}}bead (n.) mid 14c., bede prayer bead, from O.E. gebed prayer, with intensive or collective prefix *ge + P.Gmc. *bidjan to pray, entreat (Cf. M.Du. bede, O.H.G. beta, Ger. bitte, Goth. bida prayer, request ), from PIE *gwhedh to ask, pray …
56refute — (v.) 1510s, refuse, reject, from L. refutare drive back, repress, repel, rebut, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + futare to beat, probably from PIE root *bhat to strike down (Cf. BAT (Cf. bat) (n.1 …
57chaste — adjective 1) her determination to remain chaste Syn: virginal, virgin, intact, maidenly, unmarried, unwed; celibate, abstinent, self restrained, self denying, continent; innocent, virtuous, pure, pure as the driven snow, sinless …
58ingenious — ingenious, ingenuous These two words are distantly related and both have undergone a major shift in meaning. Ingenious came into English via French from a Latin source derived from ingenium ‘cleverness’; it originally meant ‘intellectual,… …
59ingenuous — ingenious, ingenuous These two words are distantly related and both have undergone a major shift in meaning. Ingenious came into English via French from a Latin source derived from ingenium ‘cleverness’; it originally meant ‘intellectual,… …
60care killed the cat — Cf. curiosity killed the cat. There is some shift in meaning between care = worry, grief and care = carefulness, caution, and in quot. 1962 the meaning is ‘care lavished on the cat’, rather than care exercised by it. 1598–9 SHAKESPEARE Much Ado… …
