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71dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …
72libertine — /lib euhr teen , tin/, n. 1. a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, esp. a dissolute man; a profligate; rake. 2. a freethinker in religious matters. 3. a person freed from slavery in ancient Rome. adj. 4. free of moral, esp. sexual,… …
73loose — loosely, adv. looseness, n. /loohs/, adj., looser, loosest, adv., v. loosed, loosing. adj. 1. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end. 2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in… …
74rakehell — /rayk hel /, n. 1. a licentious or dissolute man; rake. adj. 2. Also, rakehelly /rayk hel ee/. dissolute; profligate. [1540 50; alter. by folk etym. (see RAKE1, HELL) of ME rakel (adj.) rash, rough, coarse, hasty (akin to RAKE4); cf. ON reikall… …
75Fox, Charles James — born Jan. 24, 1749, London, Eng. died Sept. 13, 1806, Chiswick, Devon British politician. He entered Parliament in 1768 and became leader of the Whigs in the House of Commons, where he used his brilliant oratorical skills to strongly oppose… …
76Ganioda'yo — or Handsome Lake born с 1735, Ganawaugus, N.Y. died Aug. 10, 1815, Onondaga, N.Y., U.S. Seneca Indian chief. He led a somewhat dissolute life before becoming seriously ill in 1799; on recovering, he reported a vision revealing the will of the… …
77Simeon I — known as Simeon the Great born 864/865 died May 27, 927 Tsar of the first Bulgarian empire (925–927). The son of Boris I, he succeeded his father in 893 after the short intervening reign (889–893) of his dissolute elder brother, Vladimir. Hoping… …
78Tolstoy, Leo — Russian Lev Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy born Sept. 9, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire died Nov. 20, 1910, Astapovo, Ryazan province Russian writer, one of the world s greatest novelists. The scion of prominent aristocrats,… …
79ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
80philosophy, Western — Introduction history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present. This article has three basic purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the West, (2) to relate… …
