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51trait — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. quality, characteristic, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy; custom; feature. See indication, attribution, speciality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. habit, manner, custom, feature, attribute, quality, characteristic …
52eccentricity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. peculiarity, oddity, idiosyncrasy; see irregularity 2 . See Synonym Study at idiosyncrasy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. quirk, peculiarity, oddity, idiosyncracy, abnormality, foible, idiocrasy, curiousity, irregularity …
53feature — fea•ture [[t]ˈfi tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing, adj. 1) a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: The best feature of the house is the sun porch[/ex] 2) something offered as a special or main attraction 3) sbz Also called fea′ture film′ …
54-ism — suffix forming nouns, esp. denoting: 1 an action or its result (baptism; organism). 2 a system, principle, or ideological movement (Conservatism; jingoism; feminism). 3 a state or quality (heroism; barbarism). 4 a basis of prejudice or… …
55HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …
56idiosyncrasy — noun (plural sies) Etymology: Greek idiosynkrasia, from idio + synkerannynai to blend, from syn + kerannynai to mingle, mix more at crater Date: 1604 1. a. a peculiarity of constitution or temperament ; an individualizing characteristic or… …
57Edward Gorey — Birth name Edward St. John Gorey Born February 22, 1925(1925 02 22) Chicago, Illinois, Unit …
58Philo — (20 BC 50 AD), known also as Philo of Alexandria (gr. Φίλων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς), Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Yedidia and Philo the Jew, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. Philo used allegory to fuse and… …
59History of zoology (through 1859) — This article considers the history of zoology before the theory of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859.Pre scientific zoologyHumans have been fascinated by the other members of the animal kingdom throughout history. In early Europe, they …
60Exegesis — (from the Greek polytonic|ἐξηγεῖσθαι to lead out ) involves an extensive and critical interpretation of an authoritative text, especially of a holy scripture, such as of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Qur an …
