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61Washington Irving — This article is about the writer. For the cricketer, see Irving Washington. Washington Irving Daguerreotype of Washington Irving Born April 3, 1783(1783 04 03) New York City …
62Medieval Warm Period — Northern hemisphere temperature reconstructions for the past 2,000 years The Medieval Warm Period (MWP), Medieval Climate Optimum, or Medieval Climatic Anomaly was a time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region, that may also have been… …
63Katong — SG neighbourhood image englishname=Katong chinesename=加东 poj= pengim= pinyin=Jiādōng malayname=Katong tamilname= fill in Katong is a residential area in the east of Singapore near the seafront. It is a suburb of great prestige and possesses… …
64The Floral Dance — is a popular English song describing the annual Furry Dance in Helston, Cornwall.The music and lyrics were written in 1911 by Kate Emily Barclay ( Katie ) Moss (1881 1947) who was a professional violinist, pianist and concert singer. She was… …
65Marga Richter — (born 21 October 1926) is an American composer. Contents 1 Biography 2 Honors and awards 3 Works 3.1 Discography …
66fanciful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. whimsical, capricious, fantastic, quaint, bizarre; quixotic, imaginary. See unconformity, imagination. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Characterized by use of the fancy] Syn. fantastical, whimsical,… …
67odd — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. strange, unusual, unnatural; curious, quaint, queer, bizarre, droll; singular, single; casual, occasional; unmatched, unpaired, lone; extra, left. See remainder, unconformity.Ant., normal, usual. II …
68strange — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unusual, odd, unfamiliar; queer, fantastic; alien, foreign, extraneous, outlandish, exotic; eccentric, mysterious. See unconformity. Ant., normal, usual, common. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Little… …
69acquaint — [13] Acquaint is connected with quaint, distant though they may seem in meaning. It comes via Old French acointer from medieval Latin accognitāre, which was based ultimately on cognitus, the past participle of cognoscere ‘know’. Cognitus gave… …
70caprice — caprice, freak, fancy, whim, whimsy, conceit, vagary, crotchet are comparable when denoting an arbitrary notion that usually lacks a logical basis and therefore may be unsound, impractical, or even irrational. Caprice emphasizes the lack of… …
