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maiden aunt

Literally an aunt who has never been married Figuratively it is a term used as the prototype of a

metaphrased

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Oxhead

Literally the head of an ox emblem of cuckoldom hence a dolt a blockhead

VerbarRachitis

Literally inflammation of the spine but commonly applied to the rickets See Rickets

Philosophy

Literally the love of inducing the search after wisdom in actual usage the knowledge of phenomena as explained by

VerbarIlluminati

Literally those who are enlightened

Absent

Absent, 'Absent' literally that is etymologically means 'not present'. In re Laurence Claude Levack AIR 1954 Mad 898 (899). [Succession Act,

Assessors

Assessors, literally those who sit by the side of another: persons appointed to ascertain and fix the value of taxes,

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