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  • 71villeinage — Villanage Vil lan*age (?; 48), n. [OF. villenage, vilenage. See {Villain}.] 1. (Feudal Law) The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord. [In this sense written also {villenage},… …

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  • 72villenage — Villanage Vil lan*age (?; 48), n. [OF. villenage, vilenage. See {Villain}.] 1. (Feudal Law) The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord. [In this sense written also {villenage},… …

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  • 73ignoble — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin ignobilis, from in + Old Latin gnobilis noble Date: 15th century 1. of low birth or common origin ; plebeian 2. characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness Synonyms: see mean …

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  • 74sordid — adjective Etymology: Latin sordidus, from sordes dirt more at swart Date: 1606 1. marked by baseness or grossness ; vile < sordid motives > 2. a. dirty, filthy b. wretched, squalid …

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  • 75turpitude — noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin turpitudo, from turpis vile, base Date: 15th century inherent baseness ; depravity < moral turpitude >; also a base act …

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  • 76base — I. noun (plural bases) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin basis, from Greek, step, base, from bainein to go more at come Date: 13th century 1. a. (1) the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate&#8230; …

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  • 77Aleister Crowley — Crowley in 1906 Born Edward Alexander Crowley 12 October 1875(1875 10 12) Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England …

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  • 78All Quiet on the Western Front — Infobox Book name = All Quiet on the Western Front title orig = Im Westen nichts Neues translator = A. W. Wheen (1929 edition) image caption = 1st US edition author = Erich Maria Remarque illustrator = cover artist = country = Germany language =&#8230; …

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  • 79Friedrich Nietzsche — Born October 15, 1844 Röcken bei Lützen, Prussia Died August 25, 1900(1900 08 25) (aged&#160;55) Weimar, Saxony …

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  • 80Ig Nobel Prize — The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced for ten achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.&#8230; …

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