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Polyphiloprogenitive (ˌpɒlɪfɪlə(ʊ)prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv)

Meaning of polyphiloprogenitive in English:

polyphiloprogenitive

ADJECTIVE

Very prolific or fecund.

Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), poet, critic, and publisher. From poly- + philoprogenitive.

Pronunciation /ˌpɒlɪfɪlə(ʊ)prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv/
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Polyphiloprogenitive (ˌpɒlɪfɪlə(ʊ)prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtɪv)
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Definition of Ojibwa in English:
Ojibwa , Ojibwas , Ojibways , Ojibway (ōˈjibˌwā/oʊˈɪbwɑ )

NOUN plural noun Ojibwa, plural noun Ojibwas, plural noun Ojibways

(also Ojibway)
1A member of a North American people of the region around Lake Superior.
Also called Chippewa

2 The Algonquian language of the Ojibwa.

ADJECTIVE

(also Ojibway)
Relating to the Ojibwa or their language.

Origin
From Ojibwa ojibwe, said to mean ‘puckered’, with reference to their moccasins.

Pronunciation
Ojibwa
/ōˈjibˌwā/ /-wə/ /oʊˈɪbwɑ /
‘The two Ojibwas affectionately nicknamed him ‘Baptiste’ or ‘Bateese’ for reasons never clear to him.’
‘But long, long before the Voyageurs came the forests were home to the Sioux and the Ojibwa.’
‘The Agawa rock paintings are among the best preserved of about 400 groups of pictographs on the Canadian Shield and are attributed to Algonquins such as the Ojibwa.’
‘Such an equivocating philosophy might not pass muster with the Ojibwa.’
‘It was characteristic of Bill to remember my key point in a paper I gave there on my fieldwork among the Ojibwa.’
‘The French generally enjoyed good relations with nations such as the Ojibwa and the Potawatomi so long as trade goods were readily available and reasonably priced.’
‘These traits relate them to the southern Ojibwa or Chippewa.’
‘Among the Ojibwa, however, there is some evidence that children sometimes modeled animals in clay.’
‘The children also study the lives of the Ojibwa, the native people who not only thrived in this difficult land but preserved it for future generations.’
‘We found haplogroup X when we were studying the Ojibwa of the Great Lakes.’

Ojibwa , Ojibwas , Ojibways , Ojibway (ōˈjibˌwā/oʊˈɪbwɑ )
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Vuillard, Édouard (ˈvwi ɑ )

Meaning of Vuillard, Édouard in English:

Vuillard, Édouard

PROPER NOUN

(1868–1940), French painter and graphic artist; full name Jean Édouard Vuillard. A member of the Nabi Group, he produced decorative panels, murals, paintings, and lithographs, particularly of domestic interiors and portraits.

Pronunciation
Vuillard, Édouard
/ˈvwi ɑ / /vwijaʀ/
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Vuillard, Édouard (ˈvwi ɑ )
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Meaning of floccinaucinihilipilification in English:

floccinaucinihilipilification

NOUN

mass noun
rare
The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

Usage
Floccinaucinihilipilification is one of a number of very long words that occur very rarely in genuine use. For more details see antidisestablishmentarianism

Origin
Mid 18th century from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning ‘at little value’) + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin Grammar.

Pronunciation /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
‘Humans are quick to partake in the floccinaucinihilipilification process, it has happened before and it will happen repeatedly until evolution explicates perfect men.’

Floccinaucinihilipilification (ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n)
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