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  • 81hair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. mane (see hair); filament;bit, inch (see narrowness, nearness). II Body covering filament Nouns 1. hair; head of hair, mop, mane, crop of hair, thatch, shock; gray, silver or white hair (see… …

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  • 82hand-me-down — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. secondhand, castoff, discarded. See oldness. Ant., [brand] new. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. used, inherited, handed down; see old 2 , secondhand , worn 2 . n. Syn. secondhand article, discard, old… …

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  • 83has-been — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [old] fogy, mossback (see oldness) …

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  • 84immemorial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prehistoric, beyond recollection. See oldness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. olden, primeval, ancient; see old 3 , traditional 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Long past: ancient, high. See… …

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  • 85mature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ripe, developed, full grown, adult. v. i. ripen, develop, grow up. See age, completion, change, preparation, oldness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Adult] Syn. adult, full grown, middle aged, prime,… …

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  • 86medieval — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. feudal, knightly, courtly; antiquated, old fashioned, outdated, quaint. See oldness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pertaining to the Middle Ages, feudal, antiquated, ancient; see old 3 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 87moldy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. musty, mildewed, fusty; stale, antiquated. See uncleanness, deterioration, oldness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. musty, mildewed, dank; see rotten 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. musty, stale,… …

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  • 88newness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Recent occurrence Nouns 1. newness, recentness, currency, freshness, greenness, novelty, immaturity, youth; innovation, renovation; neoism, neologism, language pollution; update; new blood; invention.… …

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  • 89novelty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. newness, originality, singularity, innovation, new departure, change, revolution; fad, fashion, le dernier cri, craze; marvel, freak, curiosity, neology, neoterism. Ant., oldness. II (Roget s IV)… …

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  • 90obsolescence — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disuse, disappearance; antiquity. See oldness …

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