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• Gypsies
  ...exts it is still used to describe the Romany, it also describes those in [[English]] speaking countries who live a lifestyle similar to that of the Romany, or ...have come from [[Egypt]]". The OED records the first usage of the word in English as 1514, with several more in the same century, and that both [[Edmund Spen
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• Layman
  .../wiki/Laity ''laity''] comes from the [[Greek]] laikos which meant "of the people", "common" (common, in the [[meaning]] "unholy", "unclean" and similar). Th ...in_layman%27s_terms ''in layman’s terms''] has come into wide use in the [[English]] speaking world. To put something in layman’s terms is to describe a [[c
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• Hunger
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hungor; akin to Old High German hungar hunger, Lithuanian kanka torture ...e most commonly used term to describe the [[social]] condition of [[Person|people]] (or [[organisms]]) who frequently [[experience]], or live with the threat
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• Ethnic
  ...n ethnicus, from [[Greek]] ethnikos national, gentile, from ethnos nation, people; akin to Greek ēthos [[custom]] ...ethnos, normally translated as "[[nation]]." The terms refer currently to people thought to have common [[ancestry]] who [[share]] a distinctive [[culture]]
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• Folk
  ...H.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] folc; akin to Old High German folc people ...ly]] referred to a "host of [[warriors]]". Compare Old Norse folk meaning "people" but more so "army" or "detachment", German Gefolge ("host"), and Lithuania
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• Lullaby
  ...Middle English]) + ''bye'', interjection used to lull a child, from Middle English ''by'' ...tion "Lilith – abi!" ["Lilith – begone"] which is a possible origin of the English word "lullaby".
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• Spell
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German spel talk, tale ...pells into [[psychological]] [[magic]], which seeks to [[influence]] other people's [[minds]] to do the magician's will, such as with a [[love]] spell, or il
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• Neighborhood
  ...(akin to Old High German nāhgibūr); akin to Old English nēah near and Old English gebūr dweller — Neighbourhoods are typically generated by social [[interaction]] among people living near one another. In this sense they are local social [[units]] larg
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• Chinese
  *People who reside in and hold citizenship of the People's Republic of China (mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) or the Republic o ...oups live in China that are officially recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China, such as Han, Zhuang, Manchu, Tibetans, and other estab
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• Shyness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] scēoh; akin to Old High German sciuhen to [[frighten]] off ...pproached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people. Shyness may come from [[genetic]] traits, the [[environment]] in which a [
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• Tandem
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''thæt'' that The [[English]] word "tandem" derives from the Latin adverb ''tandem'' meaning "at length
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• Zion
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], [[citadel]] in [[Palestine]] which was the [[nucleus]] of [[Jerusalem]], ...ayin Zayin]. The commonly used form is an adopted mis-transliteration in [[English]] based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant Protestant] German
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• Suburb
  ...first recorded usage of the term in [[English]], according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], was made by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe John ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_city inner city] areas, but in Australian English, "suburb" has become largely synonymous with what is called a "[[neighborho
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• Meadow
  ...N_PERIOD Old English] ''mǣdwe'', oblique case form of ''mǣd''; akin to Old English ''māwan'' to mow .../Grass grass] and other non-woody plants (grassland). The term is from Old English ''mædwe''. In [[agriculture]] a meadow is grassland which is not grazed by
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• Clerk
  ...n American English, this includes shop staff, but in British English, such people are known as shop assistants and are not considered to be clerks. Also, the
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• Fealty
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] feute, fealtye, from Anglo-French feelté, fealté, from [[Latin]] fidelit ...ipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval Europe], fealty was sworn between two people, the obliged person (vassal) and a person of rank (lord). This was done as
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• Gullibility
  ...th century. The first attestation of ''gullibility'' known to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] appears in 1793, and ''gullible'' in 1825. The OED gives gulli ...pear in the 1900 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_English_Dictionary New English Dictionary].
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• Egalitarian
  *2 : a social [[philosophy]] advocating the removal of inequalities among people ...ocial [[philosophy]] advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people.
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• Ageing
  '''Ageing''' (British English) or '''aging''' (American English) is the accumulation of [[changes]] in an [[organism]] or object over time. ...e distinguished from "social ageing" (cultural age-[[expectations]] of how people should act as they grow older) and "biological ageing" (an [[organism]]'s [
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• Native
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] natif, from Middle French, from [[Latin]] nativus, from natus, past partic ...fly Australian : having a usually superficial resemblance to a specified [[English]] plant or [[animal]]
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• Talent
  ...sidered to be an innate, [[personal]] gift possessed by [[relatively]] few people. In [[essence]], someone with talent has an aptitude to do certain [[things ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] talente, from [[Latin]] talenta, plural of talentum unit of weight or [[mo
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• Naked
  ...glish#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Old English nacod; akin to Old High German nackot naked, [[Latin]] nudus, Greek gymnos ...[entertainment]] of various [[types]]. Nudity in the [[presence]] of other people may give rise to [[controversy]].
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• Reprobate
  The [[English]] [[word]], reprobate, is from the [[Latin]] root probare (English: prove, test), and thus derived from the Latin, reprobatus ([[reproved]], [ ...nconditional [[election]] which derives that some of [[mankind]] ([[Chosen People|the elect]]) are predestined by [[God]] for [[salvation]]. Therefore, the r
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• Controversy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] controversie, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] controversia, from controv ...ture]] enough or can find a common ground to [[share]] and [[discuss]] its people's [[feelings]], and one's own direct [[observations]] and [[experiences]] o
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• Tribulation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tribulacion, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] tribulation-, tribulatio, f ...hatology]], the Tribulation is a [[relatively]] short period of time where people who follow [[God]] will [[experience]] worldwide persecution and be [[Pure|
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• Nightmare
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from ''night'' + ''mare'' ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] "mare", a [[mythological]] [[demon]] who torments [[human being]]s with [[
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• 64:2 The Foxhall Peoples
  ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] by a somewhat superior and prolific people, whose [[descendants]] soon spread over the entire continent from the ice i .../North_Sea North Sea], but some three or four are still above water on the English coast.
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• Deafness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf''; akin to [[Greek]] ''typhlos'' [[blind]], ''typhein'' to smoke, ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf'', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ''doof'' and German ''taub
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• Rebuke
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French rebucher, rebouker to blunt, check, reprimand In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law English law] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law canon law] of the [ht
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• Response
  ...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] & [[Latin]]; Middle English respounce, from Anglo-French respuns, respounce, from Latin responsum reply ...ply or a reaction: as a : a verse, phrase, or [[word]] sung or said by the people or choir after or in reply to the officiant in a liturgical service
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• Clan
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Scottish Gaelic clann offspring, clan, from Old Irish cland plant, o :b : a [[group]] of people tracing descent from a common ancestor : [[family]]
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• Mob
  ...in]] phrase mobile vulgus [[meaning]] "the fickle crowd", from which the [[English]] term "mob" was originally derived in the 1680s. ...ocracy ("rule of the general [[populace]]") is [[democracy]] ("rule of the people") spoiled by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagoguery demagoguery], "[[ty
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• Soirée
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] sīth late A '''party''' is a gathering of people who have been invited by a [[host]] for the [[purposes]] of [[socializing]]
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• Baggage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''bagage'', from Middle French, from ''bagues'' belongings, baggage ...ng to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], the word luggage enters printed [[English]] in 1596. The word derived from the verb "lug," as in "that which needs to
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• Waste
  ...tive, desolate, waste, from [[Latin]] vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste Waste is sometimes a [[subjective]] [[concept]], because items that some people discard may have [[value]] to others. It is widely [[recognized]] that wast
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• Dizziness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dysig'' stupid; akin to Old High German ''tusig'' stupid ...e sensation of spinning or having one's surroundings spin about them. Many people find vertigo very disturbing and often report associated nausea and vomitin
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• David Crystal
  ...ed St Mary's College, Seftonfrom 1951] He grew up bilingual in Welsh and [[English]], which influenced his approach to language education. ...aphy]]. He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).
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• Whey
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hwæg''; akin to Middle Dutch ''wey'' whey ...upplements can help regulate and reduce spikes in blood sugar levels among people with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_diabetes type 2 diabetes] by inc
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• Staring
  [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:People-staring-at-computers.jpg|right|frame]] ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''starian''; akin to Old High German ''starēn'' to stare, [[Greek]] ''ste
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• Wilderness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wilddēoren of wild beasts ...ems]] that are, or have been, inhabited or [[influenced]] by activities of people may still be considered "wild." This way of looking at wilderness includes
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• City
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] citie large or small town, from Anglo-French cité, from Medieval [[Latin] *3 : the people of a city
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• Actors
  ...word is sexist. [[Gender]]-neutral usage of actor has re-emerged in modern English, especially when referring to [[male]] and [[female]] performers [[collecti Actors were [[traditionally]] not people of high [[status]], and in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_
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• Calendar
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] calender, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French kalender, from The [[English]] [[word]] calendar is derived from the [[Latin]] word kalendae, which was
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• Shalom
  ...aning ''peace'', ''hello'', ''goodbye'' and ''wellbeing.'' As it does in [[English]], it can refer to either [[peace]] between two entities (especially betwee ...Arabic ''[[Assalamu alaikum]]''. On Erev [[Shabbat]] (Sabbath eve), Jewish people have a custom of singing a song which is called [[Shalom aleichem#Friday ni
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• Anoint
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from [[Latin]] inu The [[word]] is known in [[English]] since c. 1303, deriving from Old French enoint "smeared on", pp. of enoin
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• Shunning
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''scunian'', abhor, shrink back with [[fear]], seek [[safety]] from an [[e ...nformation related to particular [[viewpoint]]. Some groups are made up of people who shun the same [[ideas]].
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• Sabbath
  ...09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sabat, from Anglo-French & Old English, from [[Latin]] sabbatum, from [[Greek]] sabbaton, from [[Hebrew]] shabbāt ...regard it as having been instituted as a "perpetual [[covenant]] [for] the people of [[Israel]]" ([https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exo
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• Gloom
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''gloumen'' People describe [[light]] conditions as gloomy when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/
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• Imp
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''impa'', from ''impian'' to imp ...d or harmed by certain [[weapons]] and [[enchantments]], or be kept out of people's [[homes]] by the use of wards.
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• Friendship
  ...g/wiki/English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] freondscipe "friendship, mutual liking and regard," also "conjugal love" fr. Old English ''freond'' "one attached to another by [[feelings]] of personal regard and
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