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o. h. jespersen
Jes·per·sen
/
ˈyɛs
pər
sən, ˈdʒɛs-
/
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[
yes
-per-s
uh
n,
jes
-
]
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noun
(Jens) Ot·to (Har·ry)
/
yɛns ˈɒt
oʊ ˈhɑr
i
/
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[
yens
ot
-oh
hahr
-ee
]
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,
1860–1943,
Danish philologist.
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Jespersen
(ˈjɛspəs
ə
n, ˈdʒɛs-)
—
n
(
Jens
)
Otto
(
Harry
). 1860--1943, Danish philologist: author of
Modern English Grammar
(1909--31)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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O. h. jespersen
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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