ring-a-lievio

[ring-uh-lee-vee-oh]

ring-a-lie·vi·o

[ring-uh-lee-vee-oh]
noun
a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.

Origin:
1900–05; variant of ring relievo, perhaps relieve + -o
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Ring-a-lievio has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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