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Namaste (ˈnɑməˌsteɪ/ˈnäməˌstā)

Definition of namaste in English:

namaste

EXCLAMATION

A respectful greeting said when giving a namaskar.

NOUN

another term for namaskar

Origin
Via Hindi from Sanskrit namas ‘bowing’ + te ‘to you’.

Pronunciation
namaste
/ˈnäməˌstā/ /ˈnɑməˌsteɪ/
‘The standard greeting in Fiji Hindi is ‘namaste’.’
‘The customary greeting is to press one's palms together in front of the chest and say ‘namaste’.’
‘The waiter gives the usual response, ‘Namaste, namaste,’ his hands joined in silent prayer, his head bowed in traditional deference.’
‘He stands listening quietly to another music of his own world, shyly doing a namaste or shaking hands and looking embarrassed if called upon to respond.’
‘In India or Thailand, the preferred greeting is not the handshake, but the namaste - hands with palms together under chin area (as if in prayer) with a slight bow of the head.’
‘Her hands still folded in a namaste, Lakshmi, whose husband has been out of a job for the last five years, keeps gazing down the road even after Sonia's convoy is out of sight.’
‘Or the leader you have been watching all the while on the idiot box, with his trademark election smile and hands joined in a namaste.’
‘The old stationmaster greeted her with a namaste and offered her a cup of tea.’

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Meaning of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in English:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

PROPER NOUN

historical
fuller form of Comecon

Origin
Translating Russian Sovet ékonomicheskoĭ vzaimopomoshchi.
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Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (ˈkaʊns(ə)l fɔ (r) ˈmju tʃuəl ˌi kəˈnɒmɪk əˈsɪst(ə)ns)
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Microaerophilous (ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs)

Meaning of microaerophilous in English:

microaerophilous

ADJECTIVE

rare Microbiology

Requiring or having less oxygen than that of the atmosphere.

Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Jackson (1846–1927). From French microaérophile + -ous; compare -philous.

Pronunciation /ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs/
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Pissaladière (ˌpēsälädˈyer/ˌpisɑlɑdˈjɛr)

Definition of pissaladière in English:
Pissaladière (ˌpēsälädˈyer/ˌpisɑlɑdˈjɛr)

NOUN

A Provençal open tart resembling pizza, typically made with onions, anchovies, and black olives.

Origin
French, from Provençal pissaladiero, from pissala ‘salt fish’.

Pronunciation
pissaladière
/ˌpēsälädˈyer/ /ˌpisɑlɑdˈjɛr/
‘The pissaladière of Provence, topped with an onion-and-tomato mixture, a latticework of salt anchovy fillets, and olives, is sometimes made with pastry, but properly has a bread base.’
‘And then, alas, the pissaladière was on plasticky pastry and all but free of anchovies, the salade de gésiers was greasy, the pig's head was fine but uninteresting with a good, tangy gribiche.’
‘Pissaladière is a specialty from Nice, in the South of France.’
‘Just over the border from Italy, in the south of France, they have their own version of pizza – Pissaladière.’

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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.’

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Pulchritudinous (ˌpʌlkrɪˈtʃu dɪnəs)

Meaning of pulchritudinous in English:

pulchritudinous

ADJECTIVE

literary
Beautiful.

Pronunciation /ˌpʌlkrɪˈtʃu dɪnəs/
‘Dan gazed admiringly at the pulchritudinous brunette

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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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