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1desultory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. aimless, fitful, rambling, unmethodical, erratic. See disorder, irregularity, deviation, diffuseness, discontinuance. Ant., stable, constant. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. erratic, random,… …
2fashion — noun 1 style of dressing, etc. popular at a particular time ADJECTIVE ▪ contemporary, current, latest, modern, new ▪ changing, passing ▪ changing f …
3desultory — adj. Desultory is used with these nouns: ↑conversation, ↑fashion …
4des|ul|to|ry — «DEHS uhl TR ee, TOHR », adjective. 1. jumping from one thing to another; without aim or method; unconnected: »He read the book in a desultory manner, skipping chapters as he pleased. We talked in a desultory fashion (Atlantic). SYNONYM(S):… …
5Jerome — Saint Jerome redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Jerome (disambiguation) and Jerome (disambiguation). Saint Jerome Saint Jerome visited by angels by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi Priest, Confessor, Theolo …
6dribble — I. verb (dribbled; dribbling) Etymology: frequentative of drib to dribble Date: circa 1589 transitive verb 1. to issue sporadically and in small bits 2. to let or cause to fall in drops little by little 3. a. to propel by successive slight taps… …
7Annam (French protectorate) — Infobox Former Country native name= An Nam conventional long name= Annam Protectorate common name= Annam continent= moved from Category:Asia to Southeast Asia region= Southeast Asia era= status text= Protectorate of France status= Protectorate… …
8East Cape War — Infobox Military Conflict partof=New Zealand land wars date=1800 s place=New Zealand result=European Victory combatant1=UK European Settlers Maori combatant2=MaoriThe East Cape War, sometimes also called the East Coast War , refers to a series of …
9Soraya Esfandiary — Bakhtiary ( fa. ثریا اسفندیاری, UniPers: Sorayâ Asfandiyâri ) (b. June 22 1932 – d. October 26 2001) was the second wife and Queen Consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.Though her husband s title, Shahanshah (King of Kings), is… …
10Battle of Methven — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Methven partof=the First War of Scottish Independence caption= date=19 June 1306 place=Methven, west of Perth result=English victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Robert I of Scotland… …
