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■ verb (babysits, babysitting; past and past participle babysat) look after a child or children while the parents are out. babysitter noun

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■ noun a minor road or path. a little-known area of knowledge.

BURNISH:

■ verb [usu. as adjective burnished] polish by rubbing. ■ noun the shine on a polished surface. burnisher noun ME: from OFr. burniss-, burnir, var. of brunir 'make brown', from brun 'brown'.

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■ noun a huge or monstrous creature. ME: from Heb. bĕhēmōṯ, intensive plural of bĕhēmāh 'beast'.

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■ noun (plural baileys) the outer wall of a castle. or., The outer courtyard of a castle ME: prob. from OFr. baile (see bail²).

BALLET:

■ noun an artistic dance form performed to music, using precise and formalized set steps and gestures. a creative work of this form, or the music written for it. balletic adjective balletically adverb C17: from Fr., from Ital. balletto, dimin. of ballo 'a dance'.

BACCHANALIAN:

Adjective used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" (synonym) bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic (similar) intoxicated, drunk, inebriated

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■ noun a large ground-dwelling social monkey with a long doglike snout and large teeth. [Genera Papio and Mandrillus: several species.] ME (denoting a grotesque figure used in architecture): from OFr. babuin or med. L. babewynus, perh. from OFr. baboue 'muzzle, grimace'.

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■ noun the dry pulpy residue left after the extraction of juice from sugar cane. C19: from Fr., from Sp. bagazo 'pulp'.

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■ noun a poem or song narrating a popular story in short stanzas. a slow sentimental or romantic song. balladeer noun balladry noun C15: from OFr. balade, from Provençal balada 'dance, song to dance to'.

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ARBORETUM:

■ noun (plural arboretums or arboreta -tə) a botanical garden devoted to trees.

Origin:
'a place with trees', from arbor 'tree'.

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ACCOLADE:

■ noun
something granted as a special honour or in recognition of merit.
a ceremonial touch on a person's shoulders with a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood.

Word history
When it entered English in the 17th century the word accolade referred to a gesture performed by a monarch when knighting someone: an embrace around the neck, a kiss, or a touch on the shoulders with a sword. The word comes via French from Provençal acolada, literally 'an embrace around the neck', ultimately from Latin ad- 'to' and collum 'neck'; through collum it is linked to words such as collar and décolletage.

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AVIARY:

■ noun (plural aviaries) a large enclosure for keeping birds in.


C16: from L. aviarium, from avis 'bird'.

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ARCHIPELAGO:

■ noun (plural archipelagos or archipelagoes) an extensive group of islands.


C16: from Ital. arcipelago, from Gk arkhi- 'chief' + pelagos 'sea' (orig. a name for the Aegean Sea, notable for its large number of islands).

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ACME:

■ noun the highest point of achievement or excellence.


C16: from Gk akmē 'highest point'.

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APHASIA:

■ noun Medicine inability to understand or produce speech as a result of brain damage.

Derivatives:
aphasic adjective &noun

Origin:
C19: from Gk, from aphatos 'speechless'.

APHELION:
■ noun (plural aphelia -lɪə) Astronomy the point in a body's orbit at which it is furthest from the sun. The opposite of perihelion.

Origin:
C17: alt. of mod. L. aphelium, from Gk aph' hēlion
'from the sun'.




ALOOF:

■ adjective not friendly; cool and distant.

Derivatives
aloofly adverb
aloofness noun

Origin:
C16: from a-² + luff, orig. in naut. use meaning 'away and to windward!', i.e. with the ship's head kept close to the wind away from a lee shore or other hazard.




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AERIE:

■ noun US spelling of eyrie.

eyrie

(US also aerie)
■ noun a large nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built high in a tree or on a cliff.

Origin
C15: from med. L. aeria, aerea, eyria, prob. from OFr. aire, from L. area 'level piece of ground', in late L. 'nest of a bird of prey'.

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ANOINT:

■ verb smear or rub with oil, especially as part of a religious ceremony. ▶ceremonially confer office on (a priest or monarch) by anointing. ▶[often as adjective anointed] nominate as successor.

Phrases
Anointing of the Sick (in the Roman Catholic Church) the sacramental anointing of the ill or infirm with blessed oil; unction.




Derivatives
anointer noun

Origin
ME: from OFr. enoint, enoindre, from L. inungere, from in- 'upon' + ungere 'anoint, smear with oil'.






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