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A thesaurus ( pl.: thesauri or thesauruses ), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes ...
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( / ˈɛlɪnɔːrˈroʊzəvɛlt / EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. [5] [6] She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt 's four terms as president, making her the longest ...
Pete Townshend. Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend ( / ˈtaʊnzənd /; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. [2] [3] His aggressive playing style and poetic songwriting techniques, with the ...
Laughter and death as a combined concept has been present since Ancient Greece, where it is held that Zeuxis died from laughing at a portrait of an ugly woman he was painting. Ded stems from a folk etymology for dead reckoning. Emerged on the internet in the early 1990s as a representation for regional speech. "I am literally ded, that was ...
Carmeon Hamilton is mourning the "extraordinary loss" of her husband, Marcus Hamilton. The Design Star: Next Gen winner, 35, shared on social media that her husband of nearly a decade died ...
Beyond the veil [4] The mysterious place after death. Neutral. Originally used to refer to the 'veil' that hides the innermost sanctuary of the Temple in Jerusalem. Sometimes refers to just a mysterious place. Big sleep [4] To die or be killed. Euphemistic. Could be in reference to Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep'.
actor. professor. Spouse. Leontyne Price. William Caesar Warfield (January 22, 1920 – August 25, 2002) was an American concert bass-baritone singer and actor, known for his appearances in stage productions, Hollywood films, and television programs. A prominent African American artist during the Civil Rights era, he worked with many notable ...
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many ...