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-esque suffix forming adjs., repr. F. -esque — It. -esco :- Rom. *-iscus — Gmc. *-iskaz -ISH1; first in adoptions from It. through F. in the basic sense of ‘resembling the style of’, ‘partaking of the characteristics of’, as in arabesque, burlesque, Dantesque, grotesque, picturesque.
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F , F, f [Called ‘eff’]. The 6th LETTER of the Roman ALPHABET as used for English. It originated in the Phoenician symbol waw, a vertical line forking at… Inter- , Skip to main content
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inter- L. prep. ‘between’, ‘among’, repr. in F. by entre- (see ENTER-), used as a prefix with the senses:
1.. between, in… sainfoin , sainfoin herb Onobrychis viciaefolia; also lucerne, Medicago sativa. XVII. Early forms saintfoin, St. Foine — F. †saintfoin (mod. sainfoin) orig. luc… Autarchy , autarchy absolute sovereignty. XVII. — Gr. autarkhíā, f. aútarkhos, f. autós AUTO- + árkhein rule; see -Y2.
autarky self-sufficiency. XVII. — Gr. aut… Fawn , fawn1 / fôn; fän/ • n. 1. a young deer in its first year. 2. a light yellowish-brown color. • v. [intr.] (of a deer) produce young. fawn2 • v. [intr.… ullage , ullage amount by which a cask or bottle falls short of being full. XV (oylage, ulage). — AN. ulliage = OF. ouillage, œillage, f. (O)F. ouiller, eulli…
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