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Brewer's: Obermann
The impersonation of high moral worth without talent, and the tortures endured by the consciousness of this defect. (Etienne Pivert de Senancour: Obermann.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Senancour, Étienne Pivert de
(Encyclopedia) Senancour, Étienne Pivert deSenancour, Étienne Pivert deātyĕnˈ pēvĕrˈ də sənäNc&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1770–1846, French writer. He is known principally for his autobiographical…Brewer's: Obelus
A small brass coin (nearly ld, in value) placed by the Greeks in the mouth of the dead to pay Charon for ferrying the body over the river Styx. Same as obolos, an obol. Source:…Brewer's: Oberon
King of the Fairies, whose wife was Titania. Shakespeare introduces both O'beron and Titania, in his Midsummer Night's Dream. (Auberon, anciently Alberon, German Alberich, king of the…Ugarit
(Encyclopedia) UgaritUgarit&oomacr;gərētˈ [key], ancient city, capital of the Ugarit kingdom, W Syria, on the Mediterranean coast N of modern Latakia. Although the name of this city was known…Brewer's: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: O
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z O O.H.M.S O.K O. P. Riot O tempora! O mores! O Yes'! O Yes! O Yes! Oaf Oak Oak…Trending
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