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Here Are some more foreign words in common usage de rigueur adjective required by etiquette or current fashion : it was de rigueur for bands to grow their hair long.ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: French, literally ‘in strictness.’ 1. straight hair was de rigueur: fashionable, in fashion, in vogue, modish, up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bon aapp'etit, Bon vivant, Bon Voyage, bonanza, De profoundis, de rigueur
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Roots –> bene-, mal-, dict-, -cracy
Dictator- a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. syn: Hitler, Mussolini despot- a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive … Continue reading
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Tagged -cracy, Abdicate, aristocracy, authoritarian, autocracy, autocrat, bene-, benedict, benediction, benefactor, beneficinary, benefit, benevolence, benign, bona fide, bonanza, bonny, bonus, bureaucracy, confidence, contradict, Dalai Lama, despot, dic-, dict-, dictate, dictation, dictator, diffidence, edict, hitler, indicate, indict, infidel, kleptocracy, mal-, malady, malaise, Malapropism, malaria, malcontent, malediction, malevolent, malfunction, malice, malign, malignant, malodorous, malpractice, meritocracy, Mother Teresa, mussolini, ochlocracy, perfidy, plutocracy, predict, theocracy, totalitarian, tyrant, verdict, xenocracy
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