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  • 121silly — adjective (sillier; est) Etymology: Middle English sely, silly happy, innocent, pitiable, feeble, from Old English sǣlig, from sǣl happiness; akin to Old High German sālig happy Date: 14th century 1. archaic helpless, weak 2. a. rustic, plain …

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  • 122weaken — verb (weakened; weakening) Date: 1530 transitive verb 1. to make weak ; lessen the strength of 2. to reduce in intensity or effectiveness intransitive verb to become weak • weakener noun Synonyms …

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  • 123diminutive — I. noun Etymology: Middle English diminutif, from Medieval Latin diminutivum, alteration of Late Latin deminutivum, from neuter of deminutivus, adjective, from deminutus, past participle of deminuere Date: 14th century 1. a diminutive word, affix …

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  • 124pitiableness — noun see pitiable …

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  • 125pitiably — adverb see pitiable …

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  • 126Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …

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  • 127Stendhal — This article is about the writer. For the German city, see Stendal. Marie Henri Beyle Born 23 January 1783(1783 01 23) Grenoble, France Died 23 March 1 …

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  • 128Second Boer War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Anglo Boer War partof=the Boer Wars caption=Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War date=11 October 1899 ndash; 31 May 1902 place=South Africa casus belli=The Jameson Raid, 1895 96 [Thomas Pakenham,… …

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