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  • 21Unhappily — Unhappy Un*hap py, a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. [1913 Webster] 2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct …

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  • 22Unhappiness — Unhappy Un*hap py, a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. [1913 Webster] 2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct …

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  • 23Unhappy — Un*hap py, a. 1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. [1913 Webster] 2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct. [1913… …

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  • 24George Mason — For other people named George Mason, see George Mason (disambiguation). George Mason Born George Mason December 11, 1725(1725 12 11) Fairfax County …

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  • 25Alva Belmont — Alva Erskine Belmont Alva E. Belmont, photo dated 1911. Born Alva Erskine Smith January 17, 1853(1853 01 17) Mobile, Alabama …

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  • 26Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini — (Gian Francesco) Poggio Bracciolini (February 11, 1380 – October 30, 1459) was one of the most important Italian humanists. He recovered a great number of classical texts, mostly lying forgotten in German and French monastic libraries, and… …

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  • 27dhē(i)- — To suck. Contracted from *dheə₁(i) . Derivatives include female, fawn2, fetus, fennel, and affiliate. 1. Suffixed reduced form *dhē mnā . female, feme, feminine; effeminate, from Latin …

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  • 28Polybius — /peuh lib ee euhs/, n. c205 c123 B.C., Greek historian. * * * born с 200, Megalopolis, Arcadia, Greece died с 118 BC Greek statesman and historian. Son of an Achaean statesman, Polybius was one of 1,000 eminent Achaeans deported to Rome in 168 BC …

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  • 29distress — dis·tress n [Anglo French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain] 1: seizure and detention of the… …

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  • 30infelicitousness — noun The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill formed See Also: infelicity …

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