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Brewer's: Portmanteau Word
(A). A word, like post, which contains several meanings packed together; as, post (a stake), post for letters, post paper, slow as a post, fast as a post, post-horses, and so on. Source…Words of Two Letters
Try the Find a Word: Crossword Search Ambary, DAAnd (French, Latin), ETArticle (Arabic), AL(French), LA, LE, UN(Spanish), EL, LA, UNAt the (French), AU(Spanish), ALBehold, LOBird: Hawaiian,…Words of Three Letters
Try the Find a Word: Crossword Search Adherent, ISTAgain, BISAge, ERAAntelope: African, GNU, KOBApricot: Japanese, UMEArticle (German), DAS, DEM, DEN, DER, DES, DIE, EIN (French), LES, UNE (…Brewer's: Word to the Wise
(A). “Verbum sap. ” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894WordsWord A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Metamorphic Words
Obsolete words slightly altered, and made current again- as “chestnut” for castnut, from Castana, in Thessaly; “court-cards” for coat-cards; “currants” for corinths; “frontispiece” for…Brewer's: Frozen Words
appears to have been a household joke with the ancient Greeks, for Antiphanes applies it to the discourses of Plato: “As the cold of certain cities is so intense that it freezes the very…Brewer's: Fustian Words
Isaac Taylor thinks this phrase means toper's words, and derives fustian from fuste, Old French for a cask, whence “fusty” (tasting of the cask). It may be so, but we have numerous phrases…Chinese & Korean Words
Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Asian Loan Words IntroductionWords derived from: Chinese & Korean JapaneseMalay & TagalogPolynesianAmoy (eastern China) pekoe…Malay & Tagalog Words
Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Asian Loan Words IntroductionWords derived from: Chinese & KoreanJapaneseMalay & Tagalog PolynesianMalay (Malaysia and…Brewer's: Last Words
(See Ding Syings.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Last of the FathersLast Man 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…Trending
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