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71Numerology — The belief that certain numbers are auspicious or inauspicious, widespread in Burma. For example, if the number of passengers in a bus is considered unlucky, the driver may place a rock in the vehicle, representing an additional passenger. Ne… …
72washing — There are a number of beliefs about washing, either the person or clothes, some of which are still current. It was considered unlucky, all over the country, for two people to use the same water to wash their hands. The specific result usually… …
73inauspiciously — adverb in an inauspicious manner he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th • Syn: ↑unpropitiously • Ant: ↑propitiously (for: ↑unpropitiously), ↑auspiciously …
74unpropitiously — adverb in an inauspicious manner he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th • Syn: ↑inauspiciously • Ant: ↑propitiously, ↑auspiciously (for: ↑inauspiciously) …
75in´aus|pi´cious|ness — in|aus|pi|cious «IHN SPIHSH uhs», adjective. with signs of failure, unfavorable; unlucky: »a tardy and inauspicious season (Elisha K. Kane). In spite of inauspicious economic conditions, the natural gas industry moved ahead (Harper s). SYNONYM(S) …
76in´aus|pi´cious|ly — in|aus|pi|cious «IHN SPIHSH uhs», adjective. with signs of failure, unfavorable; unlucky: »a tardy and inauspicious season (Elisha K. Kane). In spite of inauspicious economic conditions, the natural gas industry moved ahead (Harper s). SYNONYM(S) …
77in|aus|pi|cious — «IHN SPIHSH uhs», adjective. with signs of failure, unfavorable; unlucky: »a tardy and inauspicious season (Elisha K. Kane). In spite of inauspicious economic conditions, the natural gas industry moved ahead (Harper s). SYNONYM(S): unpromising,… …
78un|aus|pi|cious — «UHN s PIHSH uhs», adjective. = inauspicious. (Cf. ↑inauspicious) …
79JOSEPHUS FLAVIUS — (c. 37–after 100 C.E.), Jewish historian and one of the chief representatives of Jewish Hellenistic literature. BIOGRAPHY Early Life Born in Jerusalem into an aristocratic priestly family belonging to the mishmeret of Jehoiarib, through his… …
80Bar sinister — Sinister Sin is*ter (s[i^]n [i^]s*t[ e]r; 277), a. Note: [Accented on the middle syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; opposed to… …
