LECKY

Meaning of LECKY in English

Pronunciation: ' le-k ē

Function: biographical name

William Edward Hartpole 1838-1903 Irish hist.

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

LECKY — biographical name William Edward Hartpole 1838-1903 Irish historian
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LECKY — /lek"ee/ , n. William Edward Hartpole /hahrt"pohl/ , 1838-1903, Irish essayist and historian.
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LECKY — biographical name William Edward Hartpole 1838-1903 Irish historian
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LECKY — Lecky BrE AmE ˈlek i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LECKY — Noun. Electricity. Also 'lecko'. E.g. "I'm afraid we can't invite you back, we've had the lecky cut off."
Slang English vocab
LECKY — noun электричество
Dirty English-Russian vocab
LECKY, WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE — born March 26, 1838, Newtown Park, near Dublin, Ire. died Oct. 22, 1903, London, Eng. Irish historian of rationalism and …
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STANCH — I. verb also staunch ˈstȯnch, -tän-, -tan-, -taa(ə)n-, -tain-, -tȧn- ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English staunchen, stanchen, from Middle …
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SPHERE — I. ˈsfi(ə)r, -iə, chiefly South sometimes ˈspi- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English spere, from Middle …
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REFLEX — I. ˈreˌfleks sometimes rə̇ˈf- or rēˈf- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere to reflect 1. …
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MEMORY — I. ˈmem(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English memorie, from Middle French memorie, memoire, from Latin memoria, from …
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LIGHT — I. ˈlīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English liht, light, from Old English lēoht, līht; akin to …
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EXTENUATE — I. extenuate adjective Etymology: Middle English extenuat, from Latin extenuatus, past participle obsolete : extenuated II. ex·ten·u·ate ikˈstenyəˌwāt, ek-, usu …
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ASSIMILATE — I. əˈsiməˌlāt, usu -ād.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Medieval Latin assimilatus, past participle of assimilare, from Latin assimulare, assimilare, …
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SOCIALISM — ˈsōshəˌlizəm noun ( -s ) 1. : any of various theories or social and political movements advocating or aiming at …
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FICTION — ˈfikshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio, from fictus + …
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ETHICS — also called Moral Philosophy, the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong. The term is …
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RATIONALISM — the philosophical view that regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge. Holding that reality itself has an …
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ЛЕККИ — (Lecky, William Edward Hartpole) (1838-1903), ирландский историк и эссеист, родился в Ньютон-Парке близ Дублина 26 марта 1838. Окончил Тринити-колледж в …
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