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Mentioned twice quite a while agon on AWADtalk, but never defined (correctly, WW)
mihrab
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5Ar miSrab6 a niche in that wall of a mosque which faces toward Mecca
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Like Faldages little playmates
ulotrrichous
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5< Gr oulothrix, woolly-haired < oulos, crisp, woolly + thrix, hair + 3OUS6 having wool or tightly twisted hair
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suer·te
f.
1. (destino) - fate
2. (fortuna) - luck
3. (condición) - lot
mejorar la suerte del pueblo - to improve the lot of the people
4. (género) - kind
buena suerte - good luck
caerle a uno en suerte (tocarle a uno en suerte) - to fall to one's lot
dar suerte (traer suerte) - to bring luck
de otra suerte - otherwise
de suerte que - in a way that
echar suertes - to draw lots
estar de mala suerte - to be out of luck
estar de suerte - to be in luck
la suerte está echada - the die is cast
por suerte
5. (por casualidad) - by chance
6. (por fortuna) - luckily
suerte negra - very bad luck
tener suerte - to be lucky
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Eating in reclining position. Would not appeal to me.
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You might think it meant "honey lover" but it doesn't. Reminds me of Johnny Mercer,
I love my sugar because she's so refined.
philomel
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5altered (infl. by L) < ME Philomene < ML Philomena, for L Philomela: see fol.6 old poet. term for NIGHTINGALE
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The kikepa can be worn in a number of ways: as a skirt, left,
a full-length garment and as a man's wrap. ... Call it a pareo. Or kikepa. Or sulu. ...
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I've got a rhonchus in the bronchus......
rhonchus
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pl. 3chi# 73kj#8 5L, a snoring < Gr rhonchos, var. of renchos < IE base *srenk3, to snore > OIr srennim, (I) snore6 a rattling sound, somewhat like snoring heard on auscultation of
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Ballet term which does not mean between two cats.
entrechat
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5Fr earlier entrechasse, altered (as if < entre, between, among + chasser < OFr chacier, CHASE1) < It (capriola) intrecciata, lit., intertwined (leap) < intrecciare < in3, in + treccia, a plait: see TRESS6 Ballet a leap straight upward during which the dancer crosses the legs and beats the calves together a number of times
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minyan
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pl. min#ya[nim$ 73y9 ncm$8 or min4yans 5MHeb minyan < TalmudHeb, orig., number, quantity < root mnh, to number, count6 a properly constituted group for a public Jewish prayer service, made up of at least ten Jewish males (in some congregations, males or females) over thirteen years of age
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The condition of being otiose
otiose
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5L otiosus < otium, leisure6
1 [Rare] idle; indolent
2 ineffective; futile
3 useless; superfluous
—SYN VAIN
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