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91envy — I. noun (plural envies) Etymology: Middle English envie, from Anglo French, from Latin invidia, from invidus envious, from invidēre to look askance at, envy, from in + vidēre to see more at wit Date: 13th century 1. painful or resentful awareness …
92skew — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, to escape, run obliquely, from Anglo French *eskiuer, eschiver to escape, avoid more at eschew Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to take an oblique course 2. to look askance transitive verb 1. to make, set …
93squint — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English asquint Date: 1579 1. of an eye looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain) 2. of the eyes not having the visual axes parallel ; crossed II. verb …
94askant — adverb see askance …
95Nancy Drew — This article is about the fictional character. For the film, see Nancy Drew (2007 film). 1966 cover of the revised version of The Secret of the Old Clock, the first Nancy Drew mystery Nancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various… …
96Solon — (ancient Greek: Polytonic|Σόλων, c. 638 BC ndash;558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and Lyric poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms… …
97Boston, Lincolnshire — infobox UK place country = England official name= Boston latitude= 52.9746 longitude= 0.0214 population = 35,124 shire district= Boston shire county = Lincolnshire region= East Midlands constituency westminster= Boston and Skegness post town=… …
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99Rudolf von Jhering — (also Ihering) (22 August 1818 – 17 September 1892) was a German jurist. He is known for his 1872 book Der Kampf ums Recht , as a legal scholar, and as the founder of a modern sociological and historical school of law.Jhering was born in Aurich,… …
100Postmodernity — (also spelled post modernity or the pejorative postmodern condition) is generally used to describe the economic and/or cultural state or condition of society which is said to exist after modernity. Some schools of thought hold that modernity… …
