1836, probably a colloquial alteration of SUMPTUOUS (Cf. sumptuous) (q.v.). Originally stylish, splendid; sense of delicious is from 1881

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By industry

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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…

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MENDES, U.S. Sephardi family of rabbis. FREDERIC DE SOLA MENDES (1850–1927) was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where his father, ABRAHAM PEREIRA MENDES (1825–1893), was at that time rabbi. Frederic became preacher at the New Synagogue, London, in…

Translation — эритроцит — from russian — to latin — 1

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To move about on the elbows, dragging the back half of the body, in almost a froglike manner. This is done by both elbows at the same time, and follows with the knees a second later. The tomboyish girl decided to scunch across the living room…

Margarida de Castro e Souza, a 15th century Portuguese noblewoman, was an ancestor of Queen Charlotte, 1744 1818, consort of King George III of the United Kingdom, through her mother Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe Hildburghausen. Margarida…

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A process for treating petroleum fractions and unfinished oils in the presence of catalysts and substantial quantities of hydrogen to upgrade their quality

1923, trademark name registered by Frank Epperson of Oakland, Calif., presumably from (lolly)pop + (ic)icle

agg. ridetto, replicato, rifatto □ (est.) monotono, meccanico (fig.), noioso CONTR. nuovo

In the most general sense, comprehends any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever; including fields, meadows, pastures, woods, moors, waters, marshes, and rock. State v. Coffee, 556 P.2d 1185, 1193, 97 Idaho 905. In its more limited sense, land…

Infobox Person name = Maria von Braun image size = 200px caption = Official NASA portrait of Maria von Braun, widow of Wernher von Braun birth name = Maria Luise von Quistorp birth date = birth date|1928|06|10 birth place = Berlin, Germany death…