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41Sifra — (Aramaic: סִפְרָא) is the Halakic midrash to Leviticus. It is frequently quoted in the Talmud, and the study of it followed that of the Mishnah, as appears from Tanḥuma, quoted in Or Zarua , i. 7b. Like Leviticus itself, the midrash is… …
42Middle Scots — Scots language History …
43Skordalia — or skordhalia/skorthalia (σκορδαλιά [skorða ʎa] ; in Greek also called αλιάδα) is a thick puree (or sauce/dip/spread/etc.) in Greek cuisine made by combining crushed garlic with a bulky base which may be a purée of potatoes, walnuts, almonds, or… …
44Talmudical Hermeneutics — (Hebrew: approximately, מידות שהתורה נדרשת בהן) refers to the science which defines the rules and methods for the investigation and exact determination of the meaning of the Scriptures, both legal and historical. Since the Halakah, however, is… …
45pleonastically — See pleonastic. * * * …
46wordy — adjective Using an excessive number of words. The story was long and very wordy. Syn: verbose, pleonastic, sesquipedalian …
47pleonasm — noun /ˈpliːənæzəm/ a) Redundancy in wording. My salvation is in my Saviour who saveth me hence the redundancy and pleonasm of my asseveration. b) A phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their… …
48HIV virus — noun A common (but pleonastic) variant form of the initialism HIV.<!note the inclusion of the phrase of the initialism so that it is not thought to be a variant of the virus itself …
49pleonastically — adverb In a pleonastic manner …
50dicacious — adjective /daɪˈkeɪʃəs/ Talkative; pert; saucy. So obstinate was this dicacious and pleonastic old man, in his struggles to monopolise the whole conversation in the salle à manger, that upon a gentle, respectable, and seedy English clergyman, with …
