mode+of+speech

  • 51speechway — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a mode of speech common to a particular people, group, or region in the home, the family, the school, and the neighborhood we learn the speechways of our community D.J.Lloyd * * * /speech way /, n. a pattern, style, or feature… …

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  • 52Irony — I ron*y, n. [L. ironia, Gr. ? dissimulation, fr. ? a dissembler in speech, fr. ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word: cf. F. ironie.] [1913 Webster] 1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 53parlance — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from parler Date: 1577 1. speech; especially formal debate or parley 2. manner or mode of speech ; idiom …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 54Pericles — Infobox Military Person name= Pericles caption= Marble portrait bust of Pericles mdash; Roman copy of an original portrait by Kresilas (British Museum, London) allegiance= Athens rank= General (Strategos) commands= nickname= lived= ca. 495 – 429… …

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  • 55Seven of Nine — Star Trek character|if=|Title = Seven of Nine bgcolor = #ddddff Size = 250px Caption = Seven of Nine Species = Human/Borg Birth = Gender = Female Planet = Tendara Colony Affiliation = Borg, Starfleet Posting = USS Voyager astrometrics Portrayed …

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  • 56Rose Walker — is a fictional character from the Sandman series written by Neil Gaiman. She makes her first appearance in issue #10, part one of story arc. She is a beautiful young girl, a blonde with red and purple dyed streaks in her hair. (In later issues… …

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  • 57Sellars, Wilfrid — ▪ American philosopher in full  Wilfrid Stalker Sellars  born May 20, 1912, Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S. died July 2, 1989, Pittsburgh, Pa.       American philosopher best known for his critique of traditional philosophical conceptions of mind and… …

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  • 58Joining the Church —    This is a phrase that has been brought over from the usage and phraseology of the various denominations. Its use among Church people has been productive of the greatest harm. In the first place, it is hardly a correct phrase for a Churchman to …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 59class —    In a 1993 survey of 8,500 people carried out by the Fundación FOESSA, 99.5 percent of respondents were prepared to ascribe themelves to a given social class, despite the fact that as many as 27 percent expressed the view that Spain is no… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

  • 60jargon — (n.) mid 14c., unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering, from O.Fr. jargon a chattering (of birds), also language, speech, especially idle talk; thieves Latin. Ultimately of echoic origin (Cf. L. garrire to chatter, English gargle).… …

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