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Brewer's: Catechumen
[kat'y-kumen]. One taught by word of mouth (Greek, katechoumenos). Those about to be baptised in the early Church were first taught by word of mouth, and then catechised on their religious…Aitareya-Aranyaka: First Aranyaka, Second Adhyâya, First Khanda
Second AdhyâyaFirst Khanda 1. The two trikas, Rv. VIII, 68, 1-3, a tva ratham yathotaye, and Rv. VIII, 2, 1-3, idam vaso sutam andhah, form the first (pratipad) and the second (anukara) of…Brewer's: Cuckoo
A cuckold. The cuckoo occupies the nest and eats the eggs of other birds; and Dr. Johnson says “it was usual to alarm a husband at the approach of an adulterer by calling out `Cuckoo,'…Brewer's: Numerals
All our numerals and ordinals up to a million (with one exception) are Anglo-Saxon. The one exception is the word Second, which is French. The Anglo-Saxon word was other, as First, Other,…Brewer's: Slave
(1 syl.). This is an example of the strange changes which come over some words. The Slavi were a tribe which once dwelt on the banks of the Dnieper, and were so called from slav (noble,…Brewer's: Fustian
Stuff, bombast, pretentious words. Properly, a sort of cotton velvet. (French, futaine; Spanish, fustan, from Fustat in Egypt, where the cloth was first made.) (See Bombast; Camelot.) “…Brewer's: Jaw
Words of complaint; wrangling, abuse, jabber. “To jaw,” to annoy with words, to jabber, wrangle, or abuse. The French gueule and gueuler are used in the same manner. Hold your jaw. Hold…Grammar & Spelling
Subjects » Geography» History» Language Arts» Mathematics» Science» Social StudiesHomework Skills Writing | Research Speaking & Listening StudyingReference Sources…Brewer's: National Anthem
Both the music and words were composed by Dr. Henry Carey in 1740. However, in Antwerp cathedral is a MS. copy of it which affirms that the words and music were by Dr. John Bull; adding…Brewer's: Malherbe's Canons of French Poetry
(1) Poetry is to contain only such words as are in common use by well-educated Parisians. (2) A word ending with a vowel must in no case be followed by a word beginning with a vowel. (3)…Trending
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