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The idea of gnomic literature dates back to Aristotle, who defined a gnome as "A statement not relating to particulars, as e.g. the character of Iphicrates, but to universals; yet not to all universals indiscriminately, as e.g. that straight is the opposite of crooked, but to all such as are the objects of (human) action and are to be chosen or ...
Strabismus is a eye disorder in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object. [2] The eye that is pointed at an object can alternate. [3] The condition may be present occasionally or constantly. [3]
denoting something as crooked or bent Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos), crooked, curved ankylosis: ante-describing something as positioned in front of another thing Latin āntē, before, in front of antepartum: anthropo-human Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos), human anthropology: anti-describing something as 'against' or 'opposed to' another
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (Russian: Королевство кривых зеркал, translit. Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal ) is a 1963 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on the novel, Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors [ ru ] , by Vitali Gubarev .
Fortition is the opposite of lenition: a consonant mutation in which a consonant changes from one considered weak to one considered strong. Fortition is less frequent than lenition in the languages of the world, but word-initial and word-final fortition is fairly frequent.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, the low B ♭ and C crooks have a rich, dark almost muddy tone, but, because of their length — B ♭ has 18 feet (about 5.5m) of tubing — are slow to speak. Indeed, the difference in response between a horn crooked in B ♭ alto and one in B ♭ basso is akin to the difference in handling between a ...
After an unceremonious exit from Dallas, Quinn gets his first look at his former players on the opposite sideline. The former Dallas defensive coordinator turned Washington head coach has to be ...
In racist discourse, especially that of post-Enlightenment Western writers, a Roman nose has been characterized as a marker of beauty and nobility. [5] A well-known example of the aquiline nose as a marker contrasting the bearer with their contemporaries is the protagonist of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko (1688).