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111Tautavel man — /taw teuh vel /. See Arago man. [after Tautavel, village in the E French Pyrenees] * * * …
112tautog — /taw tog , tawg /, n. a black food and game fish, Tautoga onitis, inhabiting waters along the North Atlantic coast of the U.S. [1635 45, Amer.; < Narragansett (E sp.) tautauog, pl. of taut] * * * fish of the western Atlantic, a large,… …
113tautologism — /taw tol euh jiz euhm/, n. 1. the use of tautology. 2. a tautology. [1805 15; TAUTOLOG(Y) + ISM] * * * …
114tautologize — /taw tol euh juyz /, v.i., tautologized, tautologizing. to use tautology. Also, esp. Brit., tautologise. [1600 10; TAUTOLOG(Y) + IZE] * * * …
115tautomer — /taw teuh meuhr/, n. Chem. a compound that exhibits tautomerism. [1900 05; back formation from TAUTOMERISM] * * * …
116tautosyllabic — /taw toh si lab ik/, adj. Phonet. occurring within the same syllable: The /s/ and /t/ are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste. [TAUTO + SYLLABIC] * * * …
117tawie — /taw ee/, adj. Scot. docile; easy to manage. [1780 90; TAW2 (in obs. sense to mistreat, abuse ) + ie Y1] * * * …
118tawney — /taw nee/, adj., tawnier, tawniest, n. tawny. * * * …
119Tawney — /taw nee, tay /, n. Richard Henry, 1880 1962, English historian, born in Calcutta. * * * …
120tawpie — /taw pee/, n. Scot. a foolish or thoughtless young person. [1720 30; tawp ( < Scand; cf. Norw, tåpe, Sw tåp, Dan tåbe simpleton, fool) + IE] * * * …
