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61novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <… …
62pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …
63rustic — rustical, adj. rustically, rusticly, adv. rusticalness, rusticness, n. /rus tik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural. 2. simple, artless, or unsophisticated. 3. uncouth, rude, or… …
64arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
65technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
66List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …
67artless — See unsophisticated. See unsophisticated, artless …
68ingenious, ingenuous, naïve — Ingenious means inventive, resourceful, talented, imaginative. Ingenuous means naïve, frank, unsophisticated, artless. Alex s suggested solution is ingenious. She is an ingenuous little child. Naïve (correctly spelled with a dieresis over the i… …
69AGNES — an unsophisticated maiden in Molière s L École des Femmes, so unsophisticated that she does not know what love means …
70corny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., slang, sentimental, mushy, sticky; old fashioned, stale, musty, banal, sticky. See sensibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stale, trite, sentimental, unsophisticated; see dull 4 , sentimental ,… …
