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91The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …
92Österlånggatan — (Swedish: Eastern Long Street) is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching southward from Slottsbacken to Järntorget, it forms a parallel street to Baggensgatan …
93Nicolas Antoine — (c. 1602 Briey – April 20, 1632 Geneva) was a French Christian Protestant theologian and pastor who converted to Judaism, though he was never officially admitted in Judaism, because of fears by the Jewish community that persecutions would happen… …
94Thaïs (saint) — St. Thaïs of Roman Alexandria and of the Egyptian desert was a repentent courtesan. Accounts of her LifeSt. Thaïs reportedly lived in Roman Egypt during the fourth century. She is included in literature on the lives of the saints in the Greek… …
95blague — [blȧg] n. 〚Fr〛 a practical joke, playful deception, raillery, etc. * * * …
96badinage — /bad n ahzh , bad n ij/, n., v., badinaged, badinaging. n. 1. light, playful banter or raillery. v.t. 2. to banter with or tease (someone) playfully. [1650 60; < F, equiv. to badin(er) to joke, trifle (v. deriv. of badin joker, banterer < OPr:… …
97banter — banterer, n. banteringly, adv. /ban teuhr/, n. 1. an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good natured raillery. v.t. 2. to address with banter; chaff. v.i. 3. to use banter. [1660 70; orig. uncert.] Syn. 1. badinage, joking, jesting,… …
98chaff — chaff1 chaffless, adj. chafflike, adj. /chaf, chahf/, n. 1. the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing. 2. straw cut up for fodder. 3. worthless matter; refuse. 4. the membranous, usually dry, brittle bracts of the… …
99ridicule — ridiculer, n. /rid i kyoohl /, n., v., ridiculed, ridiculing. n. 1. speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision. v.t. 2. to deride; make fun of. [1665 75; < L ridiculum a joke, equiv. to rid(ere) to… …
100tease — teasable, adj. teasableness, n. teasingly, adv. /teez/, v., teased, teasing, n. v.t. 1. to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport. 2. to pull apart or separate the adhering… …
