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21grammar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mode of speaking and writing Nouns 1. grammar; accidence, syntax, analysis, synopsis, praxis, punctuation, syllabi[fi]cation; agreement. See speech, language, writing. 2. a. part of speech; participle;… …
22Breviloquence — Bre*vil o*quence, n. [L. breviloquentia.] A brief and pertinent mode of speaking. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
23Cant — Cant, n. [Prob. from OF. cant, F. chant, singing, in allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by beggars, fr. L. cantus. See {Chant}.] 1. An affected, singsong mode of speaking. [1913 Webster] 2. The idioms and peculiarities of… …
24Irishism — I rish*ism, n. A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism. [1913 Webster] …
25Londonism — Lon don*ism, n. A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London. [1913 Webster] …
26Sough — (?; 277), n. [Cf. Icel. s?gr (in comp.) a rushing sound, or OE. swough, swogh, a sound, AS. sw?gan to rustle. Cf. {Surf}, {Swoon}, v. i.] 1. The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring. [1913 Webster] The whispering leaves or… …
27Das Judenthum in der Musik — Title page of the second edition of Das Judenthum in der Musik, published in 1869 Das Judenthum in der Musik (German: Jewishness in Music , but normally translated Judaism in Music; spelled after its first publications as ‘Judentum’) is an essay… …
28Louis Wain — (5 August 1860 – July 4 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphised large eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists …
29Girolamo Savonarola — Girolamo Savonarola † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Girolamo Savonarola Born at Ferrara, 21 September, 1452; died at Florence, 23 May, 1498. The Dominican reformer came from an old family of Ferrara. Intellectually very talented he devoted… …
30Nahuatlism — noun a) A word or phrase borrowed from the Nahuatl language. b) Any mode of speaking that is exclusive to the Nahuatl people …
