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  • 61Swash — Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swashing}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.] 1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water… …

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  • 62Swashed — Swash Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swashing}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.] 1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water… …

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  • 63Swashing — Swash Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swashing}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.] 1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water… …

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  • 64rhodomontade — variant of rodomontade …

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  • 65FANFARONNADE — s. f. Rodomontade, vanterie en paroles. Quelle ridicule fanfaronnade ! Toutes ces menaces ne sont que des fanfaronnades. Faire des fanfaronnades …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 66Statius — Publius Papinius Statius (ca. 45 96) was a Roman poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, born in Naples, Italy. Besides his poetry, he is best known for his appearance as a major character in the Purgatory section of Dante s epic poem The… …

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  • 67Tabarin — was the street name assumed by the most famous of the Parisian street charlatans, Anthoine Girard (c. 1584 ndash; August 16, 1633), who amused his audiences in the Place Dauphine by farcical dialogue with his brother Philippe (as Mondor), with… …

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  • 68Fraternities and sororities — This article is about the student fraternities and sororities in North America. For other uses, see Fraternity (disambiguation). Tau Kappa Epsilon and Kappa Alpha Order fraternities at Bowling Green State University. Fraternities and sororities… …

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  • 69Rodomonte — (or Rodamonte) is a major character in the Italian romantic epics Orlando innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. He is the King of Sarza and Algiers and the leader of the Saracen army which besieges… …

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  • 70Родомонтада — (франц. rodomontade, от имени действующего лица поэмы Ариосто Orlando furioso , храброго, но хвастливого короля Алжира Родомонта) хвастовство неустрашимостью, фанфаронство …

    Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона