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'n'
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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World English Dictionary
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| —determiner | |
| a form of the indefinite article used before an initial vowel sound: an old car; an elf; an honour | |
| usage An was formerly often used before words that begin with h and are unstressed on the first syllable: an hotel; an historic meeting. Sometimes the initial h was not pronounced. This usage is now becoming obsolete | |
| an3 | |
| —the internet domain name for | |
| Netherlands Antilles | |
| An1 (ɑːn) | |
| —n | |
| myth Babylonian counterpart: Anu the Sumerian sky god | |
| An2 | |
| —the chemical symbol for | |
| actinon | |
| AN | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Anglo-Norman | |
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Word Origin & History
an
indefinite article, 12c., from O.E. an (with a long vowel) "one, lone," also used as a prefix an- "single, lone;" see one for the divergence of that word from this. Also see a, of which this is the older, fuller form. In other European languages, identity between indefinite
article and the word for "one" remains explicit (e.g. Fr. un, Ger. ein, etc.) O.E. got by without indefinite articles: He was a good man in O.E. was he wæs god man. Circa 15c., a and an commonly were written as one word with the following noun, which contributed to the confusion over how such words as newt and umpire ought to be divided (see N). In Shakespeare, etc., an sometimes is a contraction of as if (a usage first attested c.1300), especially before it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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