Heathenish

  • 81Vulgarity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Bad taste. < N PARAG:Vulgarity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vulgarity vulgarity vulgarism Sgm: N 1 barbarism barbarism Vandalism Gothicism| =>! Sgm: N 1 mauvis gout mauvis gout bad taste Sgm: N …

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  • 82Heterodoxy — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Sectarianism. < N PARAG:Heterodoxy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 heterodoxy heterodoxy Sgm: N 1 error error &c. 495 Sgm: N 1 false doctrine false doctrine heresy schism Sgm: N 1 schismaticism schismaticism …

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  • 83dwarf — O.E. dweorh, dweorg (W.Saxon), duerg (Mercian), very short human being, from P.Gmc. *dweraz (Cf. O.Fris. dwerch, O.S. dwerg, O.H.G. twerg, Ger. Zwerg, O.N. dvergr), perhaps from PIE *dhwergwhos something tiny, but with no established cognates… …

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  • 84hag — (n.) early 13c., ugly old woman, probably a shortening of O.E. hægtesse witch, fury (on assumption that tesse was a suffix), from P.Gmc. *hagatusjon , of unknown origin. Similar shortening produced Du. heks, Ger. Hexe witch from cognate M.Du.… …

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  • 85paganish — peɪgÉ™nɪʃ adj. pagan, characteristic of paganism; heathenish …

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  • 86heathen — [ hi:δ(ə)n] noun derogatory 1》 a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially Christianity, Judaism, or Islam) as regarded by those who do. 2》 informal a person lacking culture or moral principles. adjective relating to… …

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  • 87tramontane — a. 1. Foreign, barbarous, outlandish, alien, strange, heathenish. 2. Ultramontane, beyond the mountains or the Alps …

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  • 88heathen — I. n. Gentile, pagan. II. a. See heathenish …

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  • 89pagan — I. n. [Anciently written Paien, Payen, Painim, Paynim, and Panym.] Heathen, gentile, idolater. II. a. Heathenish, heathen, idolatrous, paganic, paganical …

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  • 90savage — I. a. 1. Uncultivated (as a forest), wild, rough, sylvan. 2. Uncivilized (like an inhabitant of the woods), untaught, rude, unpolished. 3. Wild, untamed, fierce, ferocious, rapacious, ravenous, ferine, blood thirsty. 4. Inhuman, beastly, brutal,… …

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