(adjective) of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing / (adjective) popular common / (adjective) of or relating to the form of Modern Greek that is based on everyday speech
Being written in hieroglyphics, demotic and Greek, it only required that one language survive for all to be accessible
Being written in hieroglyphics, demotic and Greek, it only required that one language survive for all to be accessible
(noun) a falling off or away; deterioration / (noun) descent slope
I had not planned to give him a whole declension on the first day as I knew very well what Mr. Ma would think.
I had not planned to give him a whole declension on the first day as I knew very well what Mr. Ma would think.
(noun) the act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need
if it is prized in people who have to do it surely it would be a supererogatory virtue in someone who wasn’t even married.
if it is prized in people who have to do it surely it would be a supererogatory virtue in someone who wasn’t even married.
(noun) the quality or state of being pusillanimous; cowardliness
Not to mention the pusillanimity of the partnership de nos jours which meanly settles for a suit where it has found a fit rather than moving on to explore uncharted waters
Not to mention the pusillanimity of the partnership de nos jours which meanly settles for a suit where it has found a fit rather than moving on to explore uncharted waters
(noun) a brief moment of emotional excitement; shudder thrill
it gave me an indescribable frisson to cock a snook at the official channels
it gave me an indescribable frisson to cock a snook at the official channels