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91Speak white — (en français : « Parlez blanc ») est une injure proférée aux Canadiens français par les Canadiens anglais lorsqu ils parlaient français en public. Cette expression péjorative n est plus utilisée de nos jours. L invective a… …
92discreditably — See discreditable. * * * …
93Charles II — 1. See Charles I (def. 2). 2. ( Charles the Fat ) A.D. 809 888, king of France 884 887; as Charles III, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 881 887. 3. 1630 85, king of Great Britain 1660 85 (son of Charles I of England). 4. 1661 1700, king of Spain …
94clean — cleanness, n. /kleen/, adj., cleaner, cleanest, adv., cleaner, cleanest, v. adj. 1. free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress. 2. free from foreign or extraneous matter: clean sand. 3. free from pollution;… …
95disreputable — disreputability, disreputableness, n. disreputably, adv. /dis rep yeuh teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom. 2. discreditable; dishonorable. 3. shabby or shoddy; of poor quality or condition:… …
96exposé — /ek spoh zay /, n. a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable: Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational exposés. [1795 1805; < F, n. use of ptp. of exposer to EXPOSE] * * * …
97ignominious — ignominiously, adv. ignominiousness, n. /ig neuh min ee euhs/, adj. 1. marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat. 2. bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible. [1375 1425; late ME < L ignominiosus.… …
98impute — imputable, adj. imputative /im pyooh teuh tiv/, adj. imputatively, adv. imputativeness, n. imputedly, adv. imputer, n. /im pyooht /, v.t., imputed, imputing. 1. to attr …
99involve — involvement, n. involver, n. /in volv /, v.t., involved, involving. 1. to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work. 2. to engage or employ. 3. to affect, as… …
100literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
