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  • 81Grave — Grave, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[=a]v [ e]r); superl. {Gravest.}] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See {Grief.}] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His shield grave and great. Chapman. [1913… …

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  • 82Grave accent — Grave Grave, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[=a]v [ e]r); superl. {Gravest.}] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See {Grief.}] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His shield grave and great. Chapman.… …

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  • 83Graver — Grave Grave, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[=a]v [ e]r); superl. {Gravest.}] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See {Grief.}] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His shield grave and great. Chapman.… …

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  • 84Gravest — Grave Grave, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[=a]v [ e]r); superl. {Gravest.}] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See {Grief.}] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His shield grave and great. Chapman.… …

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  • 85hilarious uproarious — humourous humourous adj. same as {humorous}; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue in cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable,… …

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  • 86his nibs — Nib Nib (n[i^]b), n. [A variabt of neb.] 1. A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong. The little nib or fructifying principle. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The bill or beak of a bird; the neb. [1913 Webster] 3. The… …

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  • 87Humorous — Hu mor*ous, a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See {Humor}.] 1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] All founts wells, all deeps humorous. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious;… …

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  • 88Humorsome — Hu mor*some, a. 1. Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. Jocose; witty; humorous. Swift. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 89humourous — adj. same as {humorous}; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue in cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,… …

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  • 90In jest — Jest Jest (j[e^]st), n. [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig., to make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E.… …

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