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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com squinch • noun a straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure such as a dome. — origin late 15th cent.: alteration of obsolete scunch, abbreviation of scuncheon. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com prie-dieu • noun (pl. prie-dieux pronunc. same) a piece of furniture for use during prayer, consisting of a kneeling surface and a narrow upright front with a rest for the elbows or for books. — origin mid 18th cent.: French, literally ‘pray God’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com bionomics • plural noun [treated as sing.] the study of the mode of life of organisms in their natural habitat and their adaptations to their surroundings; ecology. — derivatives bionomic adjective. — origin late 19th cent.: from bio- ‘life’, on the pattern of economics. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com bashert • noun (in Jewish use) a person's soulmate, especially when considered as an ideal or predestined marriage partner. — origin Yiddish, ‘fate, destiny’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com suffragan • noun a bishop appointed to help a diocesan bishop. • a bishop in relation to his archbishop or metropolitan. — origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, representing medieval Latin suffraganeus ‘assistant (bishop)’, from Latin suffragium (see suffrage). Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com pouchong • noun [mass noun] a kind of China tea made by fermenting the withered leaves only briefly, typically scented with rose petals. — origin Chinese. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com pultrude • verb [with obj.] [usu. as adj.] (pultruded) make (a reinforced plastic article) by drawing resin-coated glass fibres through a heated die. — derivatives pultrusion noun. — origin 1960s: from pul(ling) + extrude. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com samadhi • noun (pl. samadhis) 1. [mass noun] Hinduism & Buddhism a state of intense concentration achieved through meditation. In yoga this is regarded as the final stage, at which union with the divine is reached (before or at death). 2. Indian a tomb. — origin from Sanskrit samadhi ‘contemplation’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com meronym • noun Linguistics a term which denotes part of something but which is used to refer to the whole of it, e.g. faces when used to mean people in I see several familiar faces present. — derivatives meronymy noun. — origin from Greek meros ‘part’ + onuma ‘name’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com joual • noun [mass noun] a non-standard form of popular Canadian French, influenced by English vocabulary and grammar. — origin Canadian French dialect, from French cheval ‘horse’, apparently from the way cheval is pronounced in rural areas of Quebec. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com scutage • noun [mass noun] (in a feudal society) money paid by a vassal to his lord in lieu of military service. — origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin scutagium, from Latin scutum ‘shield’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com amoretto • noun (pl. amoretti) a representation of Cupid in a work of art. — origin Italian, diminutive of amore ‘love’, from Latin amor. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com isohel • noun Meteorology a line on a map connecting points having the same duration of sunshine. — origin early 20th cent.: from iso- ‘equal’ + Greek helios ‘sun’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com chalumeau • noun (pl. chalumeaux pronunc. same) a reed instrument of the early 18th century from which the clarinet was developed. • (also chalumeau register) the lowest octave of the clarinet's range. — origin early 18th cent.: from French, from Latin calamellus ‘little reed’, diminutive of calamus. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com rangoli • noun [mass noun] traditional Indian decoration and patterns made with ground rice, particularly during festivals. — origin from Marathi ragoli. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com syllabize • verb [with obj.] divide into or articulate by syllables. — origin late 16th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek sullabizein, from sullabe ‘syllable’. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com fricandeau • noun (pl. fricandeaux) a slice of meat, especially veal, cut from the leg. • a dish consisting of a veal fillet stewed or fried and served with a sauce. — origin French, probably related to fricassée ‘stew’, from the verb fricasser (see fricassée). Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com latke • noun (in Jewish cookery) a pancake, especially one made with grated potato. — origin Yiddish. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com guardant • adjective [usu. postpositive] Heraldry (especially of an animal) depicted with the body sideways and the face towards the viewer: three lions passant guardant. — origin late 16th cent.: from French gardant ‘guarding’, from garder ‘to guard’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com galliard • noun historical a lively dance in triple time for two people, including complicated turns and steps. — origin late Middle English (as an adjective meaning ‘valiant, sturdy’ and ‘lively, brisk’): from Old French gaillard ‘valiant’, of Celtic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 16th cent. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com frater • noun historical the dining room or refectory of a monastery. — origin Middle English: from Old French fraitur, shortening of refreitor, from late Latin refectorium ‘refectory’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com adit • noun a horizontal passage leading into a mine for the purposes of access or drainage. — origin early 17th cent.: from Latin aditus ‘approach, entrance’, from adit- ‘approached’, from the verb adire, from ad- ‘towards’ + ire ‘go’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com sortition • noun [mass noun] the action of selecting or determining something by the casting or drawing of lots. — origin late 16th cent.: from Latin sortitio(n-), from sortire ‘divide or obtain by lot’. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com tenter • noun a framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture. — origin Middle English: from medieval Latin tentorium, from tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com yataghan • noun chiefly historical a sword without a guard and typically with a double-curved blade, used in Muslim countries. — origin from Turkish yatagan. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com sprezzatura • noun [mass noun] studied carelessness, especially as a characteristic quality or style of art or literature. — origin Italian. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com isocheim • noun Meteorology a line on a map connecting points having the same average temperature in winter. — origin mid 19th cent.: from iso- ‘equal’ + Greek kheima ‘winter weather’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/isbn/9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2010

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