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  • 41sty|lis|ti|cian — «STY luh STIHSH uhn», noun. an expert in stylistics: »Some stylisticians say that literary style is defined by its deviance from speech (Listener) …

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  • 42sty|lis|tics — «sty LIHS tihks», noun. 1. the study of literary style. 2. the stylistic features of a written work: »the stylistics of the New Testament …

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  • 43sty|lis|tic — «sty LIHS tihk», adjective. of or having to do with style, especially in literature, music, or art: »I should like to hear music…that is free of self conscious formulas and tricks of stylistic sleight of hand (New Yorker) …

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  • 44sty|lite — «STY lyt», noun. any one of various Christian ascetics of the early Middle Ages who lived on the tops of pillars or columns. ╂[< Late Greek stŷl ēs < Greek stŷlos a pillar] …

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  • 45sty|lit|ic — «sty LIHT ihk», adjective. of or like the stylites …

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  • 46sty|lo|bate — «STY luh bayt», noun. Architecture. a continuous base under a row of columns; the top part or surface of a stereobate. ╂[< Latin st < Greek st átes < stŷlos pillar + baínein to walk, step] …

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  • 47sty|lo|graph|i|cal — «STY luh GRAF uh kuhl», adjective. = stylographic. (Cf. ↑stylographic) …

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  • 48sty|log|ra|phy — «sty LOG ruh fee», noun. writing, drawing, or engraving with a stylus …

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  • 49sty|lo|graph — «STY luh graf, grahf», noun. an old fountain pen similar to a modern ballpoint pen, in which the writing point consists of a fine metal tube instead of a nib. ╂[< New Latin stylus style (< Latin stilus) + English graph] …

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  • 50sty|lo|hy|oid — «STY loh HY oyd», adjective. of or having to do with the styloid process of the temporal bone and the hyoid bone …

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