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Adoration
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example Sentences
- We approached each shore with a mission, cooing with adoration and then cooing in retreat.
- She obediently collapses onto it, resting her chin on his knee while staring up at him with blind adoration.
- The fact that the subject of adoration was a pearlescent white sports car got the celebrity-studded crowd more revved up.
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Word Origin & History
adoration
1540s, from Fr. adoration, from L. adorationem (nom. adoratio), from adoratus, pp. of adorare; see adore, of which it contains the original sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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