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71Badness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities. < N PARAG:Badness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hurtfulness hurtfulness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 virulence virulence GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 evil doer evil doer &c. 913 Sgm: N 2 bane …
72Comstockery — Comstockery, an overzealous censorship of literature and other forms of art, was coined by George Bernard Shaw in reference to Anthony Cornstock (1844 1915). People in this day and age may have a hard time believing that one narrow minded… …
73unhealthy — adj 1. sick, sickly, unsound, in poor health; ill, unwell, ailing, Inf. poorly, indisposed, Inf. under the weather; afflicted, weak, feeble, frail, delicate, fragile, debilitated; infirm, drooping, withered, worn out, enervated, spent, played out …
74corruption — cor•rup•tion [[t]kəˈrʌp ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of corrupting or the state of being corrupt 2) moral perversion; depravity 3) perversion of integrity 4) corrupt or dishonest proceedings 5) bribery 6) debasement or alteration, as of language or a… …
75corruption — /kəˈrʌpʃən / (say kuh rupshuhn) noun 1. the act of corrupting. 2. the state of being corrupt. 3. moral perversion; depravity. 4. perversion of integrity. 5. corrupt or dishonest proceedings. 6. bribery. 7. debasement, as of a language. 8. a… …
76FRENCH LITERATURE — Biblical and Hebraic Influences The influence of the Hebrew Bible and other Jewish writings on early French literature is limited. With the exception of the 12th century Jeu d Adam, an Anglo Norman verse play, and the 15th century Mistère du Viel …
77KI-BUKH — ( Book of Cows ), anonymous 16th century Yiddish fable collection. First mentioned in the mayse bukh (1602) as a morally corrupting book, the collection comprises 35 tales (each accompanied by an explicitly framed moral of the story ), deriving… …
78A clean bill of health — Clean Clean (kl[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Cleaner} (kl[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Cleanest}.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[=ae]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive,… …
79bacteriophages — Virus Vi rus, n. [L., a slimy liquid, a poisonous liquid, poison, stench; akin to Gr. ? poison, Skr. visha. Cf. {Wizen}, v. i.] 1. (Med.) Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; applied to organic poisons …
80Clean — (kl[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Cleaner} (kl[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Cleanest}.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[=ae]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning… …
