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71precociousness — See precociously. * * * …
72whizkid — whiz kid n. Informal A young person who is exceptionally intelligent, innovatively clever, or precociously successful. [Alteration of Quiz Kid, a panelist on an early game show.] * * * …
73Andrea del Sarto — /ahn dray euh del sahr toh/; It. /ahn drdde ah del sahrdd taw/ 1. (Andrea Domenico d Annolo di Francesco) 1486 1531, Italian painter. 2. (italics) a dramatic monologue (1855) by Robert Browning. * * * orig. Andrea d Agnolo born July 16, 1486,… …
74bulb — bulbed, adj. bulbless, adj. /bulb/, n. 1. Bot. a. a usually subterranean and often globular bud having fleshy leaves emergent at the top and a stem reduced to a flat disk, rooting from the underside, as in the onion and lily. b. a plant growing… …
75historiography — historiographic /hi stawr ee euh graf ik, stohr /, historiographical, adj. historiographically, adv. /hi stawr ee og reuh fee, stohr /, n., pl. historiographies. 1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively. 2 …
76Jesus Christ — 1. Jesus (def. 1). 2. Jesus (def. 5). * * * Introduction also called Jesus of Galilee or Jesus of Nazareth born c. 6–4 BC, Bethlehem died c. AD 30, Jerusalem founder of Christianity, one of the world s largest religions, and the incarnation …
77Beach, Amy Marcy — orig. Amy Marcy Cheney known as Mrs. H.H.A. Beach born Sept. 5, 1867, Henniker, N.H., U.S. died Dec. 27, 1944, New York, N.Y. U.S. composer and pianist. A precociously brilliant musician, she performed as soloist with major orchestras in the U.S …
78Beethoven, Ludwig van — (baptized Dec. 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria) German composer. Born to a musical family, he was a precociously gifted pianist and violist. After nine years as a court musician in Bonn, he moved to… …
79children's literature — Body of written works produced to entertain or instruct young people. The genre encompasses a wide range of works, including acknowledged classics of world literature, picture books and easy to read stories, and fairy tales, lullabies, fables,… …
80Churchill, Lord Randolph — ▪ British politician born Feb. 13, 1849, Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Jan. 24, 1895, London British politician, a precociously influential figure in the Conservative Party and the father of Winston Churchill. He became …
