Hegira (noun)


Some birds have a hegira, heading to south, before winter. Some of them may never return.


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Word Origin & History

hegira
1590, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons. From Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart."

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Hyperborean (noun)


Hyperboreans lives in a far northern region, so they would not stand in sultry places like Indonesia.


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–noun
1. Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
2. an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.

–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans.
4. of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region.

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Lowbrow (noun)


  • Some little girls used to think that all boys are lowbrows.
  • I think only a lowbrow would believe in this poster directly--or a little girl--and any educated person would not.

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Insipid (adjective)


Kuroyan will not tolerate any tasteless or insipid pan; he wants only exhilarating ones.


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Synonyms: banal, bland, characterless, mild, mundane, nebbish, nothing, ordinary, plain, pointless, prosaic, prosy, slight, soft*, spiritless, tedious
Notes: sipid - of pleasing taste, flavor, or character - is the opposite of insipid
Antonyms: exciting, exhilarating, interesting, pleasing

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Hilarious (adjective)

Sometimes Hilary Duff is hilarious in Lizzie McGuire. This cheerful girl could be very funny!


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2. lively, jolly, rollicking, high-spirited.


2. sad, serious, solemn.

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Slovenly (adjective)

Usagi Tsukino is a sloppy, slovenly girl. Her parents always wish she were more careful and tidy.


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1. sluttish, slatternly. 2. careless, loose, disorderly.


1. neat. 2. careful.

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