from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. adjective Easily startled; timid. adjective Tending to avoid contact or familiarity with others; retiring or reserved. adjective Characterized by reserve or diffidence. adjective Distrustful; wary. adjective Not having a suff...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics:Business basicsloss/lɒs$lɒːs/●●●S2W1noun1[countable, uncountable]the fact of no longer having something, or of having less of it than you used to have, or the process by which this happensloss ofThe court awarded Ms ...
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. adjective Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange. adjective Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric. adjective Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious. adjective Offensive Slang Gay or lesbian...
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Rock Bridge [Community Church] hasadoptedpart of Curtis Highway, while Northwest Georgia National has taken on part of Belwood Road.— Cat Webb 6 :to take (a word from another language) into common use:borrow Englishadoptedthe word "patio" from Spanish. = The English word "patio" wasadopt...
Our English name Exodus is (still confusingly) associated with one of two Great Departures that play a pervasive role in the Bible. The name Exodus belongs to the Out-Of-Egypt theme, which serves as the ruffled twin brother of the more dignified Out-Of-Babylontheme. Both departure themes ...
bereft of sensation;numb: He was half dead with fright. My leg feels dead. lacking sensitivity of feeling;insensitive: dead to the needs of others. Synonyms:cold,callous,indifferent,unfeeling incapable of being emotionally moved; unresponsive: ...
of 680,000–800,000 square km of the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent (Kenoyer,2010). Right from the first publication of an inscribed seal in 1875, Indus Script (henceforth ISC) has suffered several avowed decipherments, most bereft of substantial scholarly consensus. The major factors incommoding ...
The lovely English language is a melting pot of words and phrases borrowed from different languages, reflecting its rich history and evolution. One particular word is “sans,” which we’ve adopted from French and maintains its original spelling. Let’s take a closer look and really break down...
"a child bereaved of one or both parents, generally the latter," c. 1300, from Late Latin orphanus "parentless child" (source of Old French orfeno, orphenin, Italian orfano), from Greek orphanos "orphaned, without parents, fatherless," literally "deprived," from orphos "bereft." ...