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41St. Dominic — St. Dominic † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Dominic Founder of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order; born at Calaroga, in Old Castile, c. 1170; died 6 August, 1221. His parents, Felix Guzman and Joanna of Aza,… …
42Seth — Egyptian god of thunder and the desert. Son of Geb and Nut. Brother of Osiris,Isis, andNephthys. According to Egyptian legend, he murdered his brother, Osiris, in order to claim the crown of Egypt but was thwarted by Isis and her son, Horus.… …
43hated — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. despised, loathed, abhorred, abominated, detested, disliked, execrated, cursed, anathematized, unpopular, avoided, shunned, out of favor, condemned; see also offensive 2 , undeSirable …
44Clerihew — Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875 1956) was a British journalist who became a detective fiction writer; his best known novel was Trent s Last Case. But Bentley was immortalized not by his novels, but by his humorous quatrains about a person or… …
45Davy Lamp — Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. This was the first clerihew written by Edmund Bentley. And although there s no record of Sir Humphrey Davy s dislike of gravy, it is true that he discovered …
46Davy Medal — Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. This was the first clerihew written by Edmund Bentley. And although there s no record of Sir Humphrey Davy s dislike of gravy, it is true that he discovered …
47abominate — (v.) 1640s, back formation from abomination or from L. abominatus, pp. of abominari (see ABOMINATION (Cf. abomination)). Related: Abominated; abominating …
48execration — n. 1. Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil. 2. Detestation, abhorrence, abomination, horror, loathing. 3. Thing detested, abominated, or abhorred, curse, horror …
49hate — n 1 hatred, abhorrence, detestation, abomination, loathing (see under HATE vb) Analogous words: *antipathy, aversion: animosity, rancor, hostility, *enmity: despite, contempt, scorn, disdain (see under DESPISE) Antonyms: love Contrasted words:… …
50detested — adj hated, loathed, despised, abhorred, execrated, abominated, held in abomination, held in contempt; disliked, unliked, disfavored, unfavored, disrelished; ostracized, shunned, blackballed; scorned, contemned, ridiculed, sneered at, laughed at,… …
