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  • 51Emery Molyneux — One of Molyneux s celestial globes, which is displayed in Middle Temple Library – from the frontispiece of the Hakluyt Society s 1889 reprint of A Learned Treatise of Globes, both Cœlestiall and Terrestriall, one of the English editions of Robert …

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  • 52fescennine — /fes euh nuyn , nin/, adj. scurrilous; licentious; obscene: fescennine mockery. [1595 1605; < L Fescenninus of, belonging to Fescennia, a town in Etruria noted for jesting and scurrilous verse; see INE1] * * * …

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  • 53scurrility — /skeuh ril i tee/, n., pl. scurrilities for 2. 1. a scurrilous quality or condition. 2. a scurrilous remark or attack. [1500 10; < L scurrilitas. See SCURRILE, ITY] Syn. 2. vituperation, abuse, vilification, invective; indecency, vulgarity. * * * …

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  • 54Catullus, Gaius Valerius — born с 84, Verona, Cisalpine Gaul died с 54 BC, Rome Roman poet. Few facts about his life are certain. Of 116 extant poems, 25 portray an intense and unhappy affair with a married woman ( Lesbia ); others reflect an affair with the youth&#8230; …

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  • 55lewd — / lüd/ adj: involving or being sexual conduct that is considered indecent or offensive: licentious convicted of lewd and lascivious assault upon a child National Law Journal lewd·ly adv lewd·ness n …

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  • 56Emery Molyneux — Emery Molyneux …

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  • 57low — I (ignoble) adjective deep, depraved, depressed, flat, heinous, ignoble, inelegant, lamentable, minimal, nominal, odious, offensive, outrageous, poor, prone, scandalous, scarce, scurrilous, servile, subaltern, tainted, unelevated II (nominal)&#8230; …

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  • 58salacious — I adjective bawdy, carnal, coarse, concupiscent, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dirty, dissolute, erotic, Fescennine, filthy, foul, free, goatish, gross, immoral, impure, incontinent, indecent, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous,&#8230; …

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  • 59attack — I n. assault (also fig.) 1) to carry out, make; launch, mount; lead, spearhead; press an attack 2) to provoke an attack 3) to blunt; break up, repel, repulse an attack 4) (often mil.) an all out, concerted, full scale; coordinated; mock; pre&#8230; …

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  • 60behaviour — BE spelling n. 1) to exhibit behaviour (to exhibit strange behaviour) 2) abnormal; asocial; criminal; diplomatic; disciplined; disruptive; inconsiderate; inexcusable; infantile; irrational; model; modest; neurotic; normal; obsequious;&#8230; …

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