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31Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
32bookish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. studious; formal. See learning. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. scholarly, academic, erudite, book learned; see learned 1 , pedantic . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. studious, academic, scholarly,… …
33didactic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. instructive, expository, academic, preachy*; see educational 1 , pedantic . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [dye DAK tik] instructional or educational, especially involving morals. Also, overly… …
34Quebec French — Français québécois Spoken in Quebec (mainly), Ontario, Western Canada, New England Native speakers (mother tongue) 6 million in Quebec, 700,000 elsewhere in Canada[ …
35Edward Coke — This article is about the seventeenth century jurist. For other uses, see Edward Coke (disambiguation). Sir Edward Coke …
36Middlemarch — For other uses, see Middlemarch (disambiguation). Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life   …
37John Podhoretz — (born April 18 1961) is an American commentator for a variety of media sources, the author of several books on politics, and a former presidential speechwriter.Life and careerPodhoretz is the son of neoconservative journalists Norman Podhoretz… …
38Cadac-Andreas — Cadac Andreas, Irish scholar, fl. 798 ndash; 814.Cadac Andreas was an Irish scholar at the court of Charlemange who roused the ire of Bishop Theodulphus for lengthy and pedantic approach to exegesis, which he apparently delighted in. A nameless… …
39Alternative adjectives for U.S. citizens — There are a number of alternative adjectives to American as a demonym for a person of the United States that cannot simultaneously mean any inhabitant of the Americas.The most widely used and recognized term in English for a person of the United… …
40dryasdust — [drī′əz dust΄] n. a dull, pedantic person adj. dull and boring * * * dry·as·dust or dry as dust (drīʹəz dŭst ) n. A dull, pedantic speaker or writer. [After Dr. Jonas Dryasdust, a fictitious character to whom …
