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P This letter is a rude outline of a man's mouth, the upright being the neck. In Hebrew it is called pe (the mouth).
Damned if I see the resemblance.
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Pabana (The) or Peacock Dance. A grave and stately Spanish dance, so called from the manner in which the lady held up her skirt during the performance.
From this we get "pavane" as in DeBussy "Pavane pour une enfante défunte".
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Pagan properly means “belonging to a village” (Latin, pagus). The Christian Church fixed itself first in cities, the centres of intelligence. Long after it had been established in towns, idolatrous practices continued to be observed in rural districts and villages, so pagan and villager came to mean the same thing. (See Heathen. )
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Pagoda A temple in China, Hindustan, etc. (Hindustanee, boot-khuda, abode of God; Persian, put-gada, idol-house; Spanish, pagoda.)
Limerick: There was a young lady named Rhoda Who dwelt in a Chines pagoda The walls and the halls Were festooned with....................
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Pal A gipsy-word, meaning a brother, or companion.
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Palace originally meant a dwelling on the Palatine Hill of Rome. This hill was so called from Pales, a pastoral deity,
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Palaver comes from the Portuguese
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P This letter is a rude outline of a man's mouth, the upright being the neck. In Hebrew it is called pe (the mouth).
Damned if I see the resemblance.
...says Bill. Just think Alfred Hitchcock and I think you'll see it. It looks like he's "P" for "pouting" to me.
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Odd to think of the pastoral deity moved into a palace, of all things. So far removed from what we think of as pastoral, huh? Guess that's what happens when the country moves to the city and gets all uppity.
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Palaver comes from the Portuguese to mean what? To talk? Isn't that what palavering is? Oh, maybe it's the conversation of those gypsy pals, Dr. Bill. Palavering pals in a pastoral palace. Odd thread, this one...
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