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  • 41Teatro augusto — Jorge I de Gran Bretaña, Augusto . El Teatro augusto (en inglés, Augustan drama) puede referirse al teatro …

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  • 42jean — jeaned, adj. /jeen/ or, for 1, Brit. formerly /jayn/, n. 1. Sometimes, jeans. a sturdy twilled fabric, usually of cotton. 2. jeans, (used with a pl. v.) a. See blue jeans. b. pants of various fabrics, styled or constructed like blue jeans. Cf.… …

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  • 44bombastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, declamatory, grandiloquent, orotund, lofty, inflated, grandiose, rhetorical, high sounding, high flown, fustian, flowery, florid, pretentious, ostentatious, overwrought, overblown, magniloquent, euphuistic,… …

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  • 45Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …

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  • 46jean — [[t]dʒin[/t]] n. 1) tex Sometimes, jeans. a sturdy twilled fabric, usu. of cotton 2) clo jeans, (used with a pl. v.) a) blue jeans b) trousers of various fabrics, styled or constructed like blue jeans • Etymology: 1485–95; short for jean fustian …

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  • 47Bombast — Bom bast (b[o^]m b[.a]st or b[u^]m b[.a]st; 277), n. [OF. bombace cotton, LL. bombax cotton, bombasium a doublet of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See {Bombazine}.] 1. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A candle… …

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  • 48jean — noun Etymology: short for jean fustian, from Middle English Gene Genoa, Italy + fustian Date: 1577 1. a durable twilled cotton cloth used especially for sportswear and work clothes 2. pants usually made of jean or denim usually used in plural …

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  • 49Allied invasion of Sicily — Sicilian Campaign Part of Italian Campaign of World War II The U.S. Liberty ship Robert Rowan explodes after being hit by a German …

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