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Asked on December 20, 2021 in Meaning.
What are some references to ‘Wisps of Mist’ in poetry and literature?
The guide of the Rhodes Castle: to the
horizon Whispering Wisps of
mist float across the distant horizon A Dairy Farmer’s Daughter curling Whispering Wisps
of mist were blowing through
the top branches of a tree The Guide of Rhodes Castle: to the horizon
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Synonyms.
The NGram shows a small use of ‘angered’ against ‘angry’ but zero baseline for ‘angry’.
The OED just lists one reference for ‘angried’ and it is represented as ‘obsolete’ with its reference being ‘angrieth’ not, actually, ‘angried’.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State, v. i. 1637 B. P. H. M.H. v. 1640 A. R. A. S. W. Fuller Goodman. Then I found him in a search. 1642 T. Fuller of i. Is that what angrieth her as when she can understand the men who lack hearing?
However, without date of 1881, the word ‘peculiar’ is listed by the OED without it saying it’s ‘rare’ or ‘obsolete’ yet it has no modern references
for it (surprisingly) : Daily News 10 Aug. 2/2 What a somewhat angry controversy took place across the table. 1883 Harper’s Mag. Feb. (March), Apr. 17. 362/41 The young man became angered. If this was the case the young man would be disappointed.
EED gives the meaning ‘irritated, inflamed, flushed with rage’.
What is a possible preference between Anglo and English in that one institution, but it would require lots of research to prove it.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Synonyms.
The NGram shows a small use of ‘angered’ against ‘angry’ but zero baseline for ‘angry’.
The OED just lists one reference for ‘angried’ and it is represented as ‘obsolete’ with its reference being ‘angrieth’ not, actually, ‘angried’.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State, v. i. 1637 B. P. H. M.H. v. 1640 A. R. A. S. W. Fuller Goodman. Then I found him in a search. 1642 T. Fuller of i. Is that what angrieth her as when she can understand the men who lack hearing?
However, without date of 1881, the word ‘peculiar’ is listed by the OED without it saying it’s ‘rare’ or ‘obsolete’ yet it has no modern references
for it (surprisingly) : Daily News 10 Aug. 2/2 What a somewhat angry controversy took place across the table. 1883 Harper’s Mag. Feb. (March), Apr. 17. 362/41 The young man became angered. If this was the case the young man would be disappointed.
EED gives the meaning ‘irritated, inflamed, flushed with rage’.
What is a possible preference between Anglo and English in that one institution, but it would require lots of research to prove it.
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Asked on March 26, 2021 in Synonyms.
The NGram shows a small use of ‘angered’ against ‘angry’ but zero baseline for ‘angry’.
The OED just lists one reference for ‘angried’ and it is represented as ‘obsolete’ with its reference being ‘angrieth’ not, actually, ‘angried’.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State, v. i. 1637 B. P. H. M.H. v. 1640 A. R. A. S. W. Fuller Goodman. Then I found him in a search. 1642 T. Fuller of i. Is that what angrieth her as when she can understand the men who lack hearing?
However, without date of 1881, the word ‘peculiar’ is listed by the OED without it saying it’s ‘rare’ or ‘obsolete’ yet it has no modern references
for it (surprisingly) : Daily News 10 Aug. 2/2 What a somewhat angry controversy took place across the table. 1883 Harper’s Mag. Feb. (March), Apr. 17. 362/41 The young man became angered. If this was the case the young man would be disappointed.
EED gives the meaning ‘irritated, inflamed, flushed with rage’.
What is a possible preference between Anglo and English in that one institution, but it would require lots of research to prove it.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Single word requests.
When you look around a family, I believe that the next tier up from one’s own family (in respect of courteous regard and charitable assistance) is the local community.
A body of people who live in the same place, usually sharing a common cultural or ethnic identity. Usually done with each other Once mentioned in the constitution of India, the place where a particular body of peoples lives is then understood.
OED
This is just one of the OED’s definition as it defines community under diverse types, whether geographical, ethnic, religious and ideological. What is the precise realm in which the community operates (in terms of the OP – whatever type of kinship is operating) I think that’community’ expresses the concept best.
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Asked on March 25, 2021 in Single word requests.
When you look around a family, I believe that the next tier up from one’s own family (in respect of courteous regard and charitable assistance) is the local community.
A body of people who live in the same place, usually sharing a common cultural or ethnic identity. Usually done with each other Once mentioned in the constitution of India, the place where a particular body of peoples lives is then understood.
OED
This is just one of the OED’s definition as it defines community under diverse types, whether geographical, ethnic, religious and ideological. What is the precise realm in which the community operates (in terms of the OP – whatever type of kinship is operating) I think that’community’ expresses the concept best.
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Asked on March 10, 2021 in Other.
Does the use of (x) have a background effect on our mental processes?
This word has no connotations and merely states that something is not in the foreground. In this case the item is in the background of the mental processes and, thus, is not noticed in the cognitive process but is definitely present as an influence. So what do I mean when I say that…
Creating Unique CSS Background Effects
SpeckyBoy. Is
there any way
to
learn how to do a background effect tutorial on YouTube?
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Asked on March 9, 2021 in Single word requests.
The word paria h expresses the rejection of an individual by a society on the basis of prejudice rather than justice. To summarize my brief comment on the OJ Simpson Case, just mentioning it since the OP does so:- An article in the
New Yorker (published in 2001, six years after his 1995 acquittal) says that of OJ Simpson : Now he wants vindication.
Only then should someone make him forget the stigma he has received from AmeriCorps, who transformed him from being a patriot to a pariah and living out his days in a pathetic imitation of his former life.
Merriam Webster: Pariah,
a member of a scheduled tribe of South
India concentrated in southern Kerala and
Tamil Nadu, originally functioning notably as sorcerers and ceremonial drummers and also as labourers and servants but later increasingly as untouchables in insanitary occupations.
But,
to be honest, what are the questions that raise them?
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Is the Court system effective in acquitting the innocent or condemning the guilty?
Why have we been told to read the above list?
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Asked on March 6, 2021 in Meaning.
How can the Middle Fork River be found in Audra State Park, West Virginia during a routine routine flood? To say exactly what arrows are shown by arrows (red) the point of the middle fork is the correct one.
What can I learn from this article?
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Asked on March 3, 2021 in Single word requests.
If I haven’t branched out on this topic, and my suggestion departs slightly from the stated requirement.
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What does “th” look like?
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Why am I adding my second word one syllable at a time?
I had a thimblefull of patience and the task required a flood. How can I be patient with my tasks in the midst of a disaster with complete dehydration?
How is the economy decided?
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