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Itacism :: Itacism (n.) Pronunciation of / (eta) as the modern Greeks pronounce it, that is, like e in the English word be. This was the pronunciation advocated by Reu/hlin and his followers, in opposition to the etacism of Erasmus. See Etacism..

Lipogrammatic :: Lipogrammatic (a.) Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings..

Circum- :: Circum- () A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about..

No :: No (adv.) Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic..

Tense :: Tense (n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time..

Oral :: Oral (a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law..

Interrogative :: Interrogative (n.) A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why?.

Parry :: Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter..

Eclogue :: Eclogue (n.) A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established..

Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him..

Sword-shaped :: Swordplayer (n.) A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.

Homograph :: Homograph (n.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful..

Tropologize :: Tropologize (v. t.) To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to make a trope of..

Seditious :: Seditious (a.) Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words..

Assault :: Assault (n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government..

Armory :: Armory (n.) A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords..

Naked :: Naked (a.) Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword..

Verbarian :: Verbarian (a.) Of or pertaining to words; verbal.

Squirt :: Squirt (v. i.) Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate..

Byword :: Byword (n.) The object of a contemptuous saying.

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