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an·is

   [ah-nees]
noun
a variety of anisette made especially in Spain and Latin America.
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Origin:
< Spanish (aceite de) anís literally, oil of anise

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Anis is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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anis-

 
variant of aniso- before a vowel.

a·ni

   [ah-nee, ah-nee]
noun, plural a·nis.
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
Origin:
1820–30; < Spanish or Portuguese < Tupi or Guarani
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