{{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, enthusiastic, friendly, hearty (esp. AmE), great, rapturous (esp. BrE), rousing, special, tumultuous (esp. BrE)

1590s, sharp, poignant (of pain or grief), from L. pungentem (nom. pungens), prp. of pungere to prick, pierce, sting, related to pugnus fist (see PUGNACIOUS (Cf. pugnacious)). Meaning having powerful odor or taste first recorded 1660s. Literal…

mid 15c., from L. surrepticius stolen, furtive, clandestine, from surreptus, pp. of surripere seize secretly, from sub from under (hence, secretly ) + rapere to snatch (see RAPID (Cf. rapid)). Related: Surreptitiously

Χτες έπιασα μια συζήτηση στο Φέισμπουκ με αφορμή ένα κείμενο που είχε αναδημοσιευτεί από γνωστόν γνωστού, μια παραλλαγή του Λερναίου με τον ποιητικό τίτλο «Τι σημαίνει η ελληνική γλώσσα λίγοι από ε…

… Eaton’s stores? Thanks to Sheila Stewart for yet another great idea for a Sunday morning post. It came in the form of a link to a story about Thunder Bay’s Eaton’s buildin…

adj. Dense is used with these nouns: ↑bush, ↑canopy, ↑cloud, ↑clump, ↑cluster, ↑core, ↑cover, ↑fog, ↑foliage, ↑forest, ↑jungle, ↑layer, ↑

<13> 프랑스의 마지노선 | 프랑스 750㎞ 방어선 구축…국방장관 앙드레 마지노 이름서 유래벙커만 수천개 최강시설이었으나 독일군 전술에 밀려 6주 만에 패배 프랑스는 제2차 세계대전의 전운이 감돌기 전인 1936년 독일과의 전쟁을 대비해 마지노선(Maginot Line)을 구축했다. 총 길이는 750㎞로 스위스부터 룩셈부르크에 이르는 프랑스-독일 국경 지대에 대략 5㎞마다 요새가