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1. biology, n. View full entry 1686
...A biographical history of a person, place, etc.; a biography. Later also: the study of human life, character, or society. Now rare....
2. critical, adj. View full entry 1600
...Given to judging; esp. given to adverse or unfavourable criticism; fault-finding, censorious....
3. fetish, n. View full entry 1613
...Originally: any of the objects used by the indigenous peoples of the Guinea coast and the neighbouring regions as amulets or means of enchantment, or regarded by them with superstitious dread....
4. functional, adj. and n. View full entry 1631
...Of or pertaining to some function or office; official. In weaker sense: Formal....
5. group, n. View full entry 1695
...spec....
6. joking, n. View full entry 1670
...The action of joke; jesting. Phr. joking apartapart5b....
7. latent, adj. View full entry 1616
...Hidden, concealed (†rarely const. from); present or existing, but not manifest, exhibited, or developed. (The opposite of patent.) ...
8. microcosmography, n. View full entry 1606
...The description of a microcosm, or of man as a microcosm; an instance of this. Also nonce-use: a microcosmic representation....
9. neighbouring | neighboring, n. View full entry 1651
...The situating of things in neighbouring positions. Obs.rare....
10. pan-, comb. form View full entry 1613
...Forming terms relating to the whole of the universe or mankind, or denoting that the second element exists or operates at a universal level....
11. parallelism, n. View full entry 1610
...The state or position of being parallel; direction parallel to or with something; (occas. also) an instance of this....
12. pelagian, adj.2 and n.2 View full entry 1601
...Designating the seashells from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained. Obs.rare....
13. phratry, n. View full entry 1637
...Ancient Greek Hist. A kinship group composed of families with a notional common ancestor, having a corporate identity and certain corporate responsibilities and functions; each of the three subdivisions into which...
14. pre-contact, n. and adj. View full entry 1611
...Previous contact or communication. rare....
15. prescriptive, adj. View full entry 1663
...That prescribes or directs; giving definite, precise directions or instructions. In later use, in Linguistics: that lays down rules of usage. ...
16. psycho-, comb. form View full entry 1607
...Forming words with the senses ‘of or relating to the soul or spirit’, ‘of or relating to the mind or psyche’, ‘of or relating to psychology’....
17. ramage, n.2 View full entry ?1614
...The song or cry of birds. Now rare....
18. reflexivity, n. View full entry 1662
...The quality or condition of being reflexive; reflexiveness....
19. ritualist, n. and adj. View full entry 1625
...Freq. with capital initial. A person who advocates or practises religious ritual, esp. in a way regarded as excessive or improper; (in later use) an adherent of ritualism (ritualism1b)....
20. role, n. View full entry 1606
...A person's allotted share, part, or duty in life and society; the character, place, or status assigned to or assumed by a person. Also in figurative contexts, with allusion to sense ...
