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(Encyclopedia) gloss [Gr.,=tongue], explanatory note on a word or words of a text, usually written between the lines or in a margin of a manuscript. In copying a manuscript, a copyist sometimes…Archilochus
(Encyclopedia) ArchilochusArchilochusärkĭlˈəkəs [key], fl. c.700 or c.650 b.c., Greek poet, b. Paros. As an innovator in the use and construction of the personal lyric, his language was intense and…Kanarese
(Encyclopedia) KanareseKanaresekänərēzˈ [key] or KannadaKannadakäˈnədə [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages.Kannada
(Encyclopedia) KannadaKannadakäˈnədə [key] or KanareseKanaresekänərēzˈ [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages.Sinhalese
(Encyclopedia) SinhaleseSinhalesesĭnˌhəlēzˈ [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. An alternate spelling for Sinhalese is…Quebec, University of
(Encyclopedia) Quebec, University of, administrative center at Sainte Foy, Que., Canada; provincially supported; French language; founded 1968. Its largest campus is at Montreal and there are also…Regina, University of
(Encyclopedia) Regina, University of, at Regina, Sask., Canada. Established in 1911 as a residential high school, it became a junior college at the Univ. of Saskatchewan in 1925, a second campus of…Derrida, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Derrida, JacquesDerrida, Jacqueszhäkˈ dĕrˌrēdäˈ [key], 1930–2004, French philosopher, b. El Biar, Algeria. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, he taught there and at…Prakrit
(Encyclopedia) PrakritPrakritpräˈkrĭt [key], any of a number of languages belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian). The…slang
(Encyclopedia) slang, vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage. It is notable for its liveliness, humor, emphasis, brevity, novelty, and exaggeration. Most slang is faddish and…Trending
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