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The Oxford English Dictionary is updated every three months, and September's revamp marks the centenary of the birth of children's book author Roald Dahl. Dictionary adds 'YOLO,' 'Splendiferous ...
Magnificence regained its ancient splendor as an aspect of works of architecture and art. The rediscovery of ancient rhetoric and the pre-eminence given to Vitruvius throughout the Renaissance influenced not only patrons’ tastes but also those of the architects and artists who were commissioned to create magnificent masterpieces that would ...
Under the word or heading; abbreviated s.v. Used to cite a work, such as a dictionary, with alphabetically arranged entries, e.g. "Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. 'horse. ' "" sublimis ab unda: Raised from the waves: Motto of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham subsiste sermonem statim: stop speaking immediately: Succisa virescit
Aglaea (/ ə ˈ ɡ l iː ə /) or Aglaia (/ ə ˈ ɡ l aɪ ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαΐα means 'splendor, brilliant, shining one' [citation needed]) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology: [1] Aglaea, one of the three Charites. Aglaea or Ocalea, daughter of Mantineus. She married Abas and had twins: Acrisius and Proetus. [2]
This is a list of Latin verbs with English derivatives and those derivatives.. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.
The Zohar (Hebrew: זֹהַר , Zōhar, lit."Splendor" or "Radiance" [a]) is a foundational work of Kabbalistic literature. [1] It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material on mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology.
The sun as a charge Sun of May as depicted on the flag of Argentina Great Seal of Richard I of England (1198). Richard is depicted as seated between a crescent and a "Sun full radiant" [1]
Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the "define" operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension. The dictionary content is licensed from Oxford University Press's Oxford Languages. [3]