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tigerous
† ˈtigerous, a. Obs. rare. Also 6 tigrous. [f. as prec. + -ous.] = tigerish. Hence † ˈtigerously adv. Obs. rare—1.1532 W. Walter tr. Guistard & Sisimond (1597) B ij, Yet thought her not soe tigrous and cruell. 1698 [R. Fergusson] View Eccles. 117 He hath Tygerously fallen upon the Dead and Endeavour...
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chætigerous
chætigerous, a. Zool. (kiːˈtɪdʒərəs) [f. Gr. χαίτη: see prec. and -gerous.] Setigerous.1896 W. B. Benham in Harmer & Shipley Cambr. Nat. Hist. II. 263 Chaetigerous segments. Ibid. 312 The peristomium is chaetigerous. 1963 R. P. Dales Annelids viii. 171 In other larvae the first chaetigerous segment ...
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Tiger-head shoes
In other words, tiger or tiger-head patterns are used to exorcise evil spirits and accelerate the "tigerous temperament" of a child.
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serpentigenous
serpenˈtigenous, a. rare—0. [f. L. serpentigena, f. serpent- serpent n. + gen- to produce.] See quot. So serpenˈtigerous [L. serpentiger: see -gerous].1730 Bailey (folio), Serpentigenous, ingender'd..of a Serpent. Ibid., Serpentigerous, bearing or carrying Serpents.
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Racism in the work of Charles Dickens
"You know faces, when they are not brown; you know common experiences when they are not under turbans; Look at the dogs low, treacherous, murderous, tigerous
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salutigerous
† saluˈtigerous, a. rare—0. [f. L. salūtiger (f. salūt-em health + -ger carrying) + -ous.] ‘That brings commendation from another, or that is sent with How-d'yees’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656).
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pelti-
pelti- combining form of pelta, in a few rarely used scientific terms, chiefly botanical. † pelˈtiferous a. [L. peltifer], bearing a pelta or small shield. peltiˈfolious a. [L. folium leaf], having peltate leaves. ˈpeltiform a., shield-shaped; of a peltate form. peltigerine (pɛlˈtɪdʒəraɪn) a., belon...
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tomentum
‖ tomentum (təʊˈmɛntəm) [L.: see above.] 1. Bot. The soft down or pubescence growing on the stems, leaves, or seeds of certain plants.1699 Sloane in Phil. Trans. XXI. 115 Having very soft hairs, down, or tomentum, much longer in proportion to the Seed, then any tomentum I know. 1793 G. White Selborn...
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