idio'matical
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| —n | |
| 1. | a group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words, as for example (It was raining) cats and dogs |
| 2. | linguistic usage that is grammatical and natural to native speakers of a language |
| 3. | the characteristic vocabulary or usage of a specific human group or subject |
| 4. | the characteristic artistic style of an individual, school, period, etc |
| [C16: from Latin idiōma peculiarity of language, from Greek; see | |
| idiomatic | |
| —adj | |
| idio'matical | |
| —adj | |
| idio'matically | |
| —adv | |
| idio'maticalness | |
| —n | |
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Idio'matical
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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