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The capacity for offering protection or guardianship was a basic function of deity, expressed by formulations such as Tutela Iovis, "the tutelage of Jove". [5] Major deities such as Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars were conceived of as tutelaries. [6] The phrase in tutela expressed the sphere of influence exercised by a deity.
Schmaltzed and strengthed (10 letters) appear to be the longest monosyllabic words recorded in The Oxford English Dictionary, while scraunched and scroonched appear to be the longest monosyllabic words recorded in Webster's Third New International Dictionary; but squirrelled (11 letters) is the longest if pronounced as one syllable only (as ...
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British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings AA The Automobile Association (US: AAA) Alcoholics Anonymous: American Airlines: A&E the accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital (US: emergency room, ER) [1] Arts & Entertainment (name of a television network) [1] accumulator
Frontispiece to The How and Why Library, 1909 "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 [1] in storytelling in the English language and has started many narratives since 1600.
The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is 45 letters long: ... The longest non-coined, non-technical word published in multiple dictionaries is 28 letters long: ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
As an abbreviation (simply "D.V.") it is often found in personal letters (in English) of the early 1900s, employed to generally and piously qualify a given statement about a future planned action, that it will be carried out, so long as God wills it (see James 4:13–15, which encourages this way of speaking); cf. inshallah.