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bizarre - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

bizarre (adj.) 1640s, from Fr. bizarre " odd, fantastic" (16c.), originally "handsome, brave," perhaps from Basque bizar " a beard" (the notion being of bearded Spanish soldiers making a strange impression on the French); alternative etymology traces it to It. bizarro " angry, fierce, irascible," from bizza " fit of anger.
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herb root used in cooking, 1903, from Japanese. Look at other dictionaries: Wasabi — (Eutrema japonica) Systematik Eurosiden II Ordnung: Kreuzblütlerartige (Brassicales) … Deutsch Wikipedia. wasabi — [wä′sə bē] n. [Jpn] an herb (Eutrema wasabi) of the crucifer family, with greenish roots that are grated and used like horseradish in Japanese dishes …
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squamous — 1) flat, as in a cell layer (as opposed to cuboidal and columnar) 2) a suture with scale like and overlapping margins 3) squamosal 4) adjective for squama (scale); possessing scales …. Dictionary of ichthyology. squamous — См. squamose …. Dictionary of invertebrate zoology.
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part of a French newspaper devoted to light literature and criticism (usually at the bottom of a page and separated by a rule), 1845, from Fr. feuilleton (18c.), lit. a leaflet (added to a newspaper), dim. of feuille leaf, from L. folium (see…