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…

Όρος με τον οποίο υποδηλώνεται ολόκληρος ο μουσικός πολιτισμός της Δυτ. Καθολικής Εκκλησίας, που άνθησε ακόμα και πριν από τον πάπα Γρηγόριο Α’ τον Μέγα, και συνεχίστηκε έως την υστερομεσαιωνική περίοδο. Το Γ.μ. είναι αυστηρά μονοφωνικό και…

Translation — 淄渑 реки цзы-шуй и мяньшуй — from chinese — — 1

mega·chi·lid; mega·phone; mega·ceph·a·lous; mega·ceph·a·ly; mega·chiropteran; mega·chiropterous; mega·dont·ism; mega·don·ty; mega·evolutionary; mega·karyocytic; mega·phon·i·cal·ly; mega·pod; mega·scleric; mega·scle·rous; mega·scop·i·cal·ly;…

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

noun a yellow supergiant star in the constellation of Perseus Syn: Algenib

Recorded in many forms including Ralph, Ralphs, Ralfe, Rafe, Raff, Ralls, Rave, Rawle, and Rawles (English), Raoul, Raoult, Rault, and Raoux (French), Radou and Razoux (Provencal), Radolf, Radloff, Rahl and Rahlof (German), and many others, this…

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Female adult bio photo= name = Bridgette Monet | caption = birth = June 28, 1959 location = Huntington Beach, California birthname = Dana Kunath death = measurements = 38 26 37 (US) height = height|ft=5|in=10 weight = shoe size = eye color =…

Prolific civil rights attorney Ben Crump is filing a civil lawsuit against Walt Disney World and the Orange County Sheriff's Office over the "wrongful and...