de'bauchery
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| —vb | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | (tr) to seduce (a woman) |
| —n | |
| 3. | an instance or period of extreme dissipation |
| [C16: from Old French desbaucher to corrupt, literally: to shape (timber) roughly, from bauch beam, of Germanic origin] | |
| debauchedly | |
| —adv | |
| de'bauchedness | |
| —n | |
| de'baucher | |
| —n | |
| de'bauchery | |
| —n | |
| de'bauchment | |
| —n | |
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De'bauchery
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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