BERTON

Meaning of BERTON in English

Pronunciation: ' b ə r-t ə n

Function: biographical name

Pierre 1920- Canad. writer

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BERTON — biographical name Pierre 1920- Canadian writer
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BERTON — biographical name Pierre 1920- Canadian writer
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TICK — I. ˈtik noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tyke, teke; akin to Old English ticia tick, Middle High German …
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THUMP — I. ˈthəmp verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: imitative transitive verb 1. a. : to strike or beat with or as …
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TARNISH — I. ˈtärnish, ˈtȧn-, -nēsh, esp in pres part ˈ-nəsh verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French terniss-, stem of ternir …
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SUPPLICANT — I. ˈsəplə̇kənt, -lēk- adjective Etymology: Latin supplicant-, supplicans, present participle of supplicare to supplicate : asking submissively : supplicating, entreating …
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SPELL — I. ˈspel noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, speech, talk, tale, from Old English; akin to Old High German …
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SLAP — I. ˈslap noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English slop, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle High German slupf place …
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SINK — I. ˈsiŋk verb ( sank -aŋk, -aiŋk ; or sunk ; sunk -əŋk ; or sunk·en -kən ; sinking ; …
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RUTTY — I. ˈrəd.]ē, -ət], ]i\ adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: rut (III) + -y : full of ruts lane had shriveled …
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PUNCH — I. ˈpənch verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: partly from Middle English punchen, from Middle French poinçonner to prick, stamp, from …
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MOUNT — I. ˈmau̇nt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English munt, mont, mount, partly from Old English munt, from Latin mont-, …
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LURK — I. ˈlərk, -ə̄k, -əik intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English lurken; akin to Norwegian lurke to move slowly, …
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INFIRM — I. (ˈ)in|fərm, ənˈf-, -fə̄m, -fəim adjective Etymology: Middle English infirme, from Latin infirmus, infirmis, from in- in- (I) + firmus …
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HONEYCOMB — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English honycomb, from Old English hunigcamb, from hunig honey + camb comb …
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GOTHIC — I. ˈgäthik, -thēk sometimes ˈgȯth- adjective Etymology: Late Latin Gothicus, from Gothi + Latin -icus -ic 1. usually capitalized a. …
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FREEZE — I. ˈfrēz verb ( froze ˈfrōz ; or dialect friz ˈfriz ; fro·zen ˈfrōz ə n ; or chiefly dialect …
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FREEHAND — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: free (I) + hand 1. : executed without mechanical aids or devices a freehand sketch of …
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FALL — I. ˈfȯl verb ( fell ˈfel ; fall·en ˈfȯlən also in poetry & sometimes +V in prose -ln ; also …
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EDGE — I. ej noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English egge, from Old English ecg; akin to Old …
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DRIBBLE — I. ˈdribəl verb ( dribbled ; dribbled ; dribbling -b(ə)liŋ ; dribbles ) Etymology: freq. of drib (I) intransitive verb …
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DRAFT — I. noun or draught ˈdraft, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English draht, draght, draught; akin to Old …
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DOMINEER — I. |dämə|ni(ə)r, -iə verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Dutch domineren, from French dominer, from Latin dominari to rule — more …
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ANTISEPTIC — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|septik, -ēk adjective Etymology: anti- (I) + Greek sēptikos putrefying — more at septic 1. a. : opposing sepsis, …
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VIRILE — ˈvirə̇l, chiefly Brit -iˌrīl adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French viril, from Latin virilis, from vir man, adult …
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STRATOSPHERE — ˈstrad.əˌsfi(ə)r, -iə noun Etymology: French stratosphère, from New Latin stratum + -o- + French sphère sphere, from Latin sphaera — …
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SMOKY — adjective also smokey ˈsmōkē, -ki ( smokier ; smokiest ) Etymology: Middle English smoky, from smoke (I) + -y 1. …
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RUBBISHY — -bə̇shē, -shi adjective 1. : consisting of or covered with rubbish a rubbishy heap of corrugated paper boxes — Berton …
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PERTINACIOUS — |pərt ə n|āshəs, |pə̄t-, |pəit- adjective Etymology: Latin pertinac-, pertinax (from per- thoroughly, completely + -tinac-, -tinax, from tenac-, tenax …
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GREASY — ˈgrēs]ē, -ēz], ]i; chiefly -s- Northwest, Southwest, central North, eastern New Eng; chiefly -z- South (including mountain areas) & Brit; …
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ESPERANTO — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ)tō noun ( -s ) Etymology: after Dr. Esperanto, pseudonym of Dr. L. L. Zamenhof died 1917 Pol. philologist and …
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MOSCOW ACADEMIC ART THEATRE — also called (until 1939) Moscow Art Theatre, Russian Moscovsky Akademichesky Khudozhestvenny Teatr, or Moscovsky Khudozhestvenny Teatr, abbreviation Mkhat, outstanding Russian …
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