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91scurrility — /skeuh ril i tee/, n., pl. scurrilities for 2. 1. a scurrilous quality or condition. 2. a scurrilous remark or attack. [1500 10; < L scurrilitas. See SCURRILE, ITY] Syn. 2. vituperation, abuse, vilification, invective; indecency, vulgarity. * * * …
92tort — /tawrt/, n. Law. a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another s person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation. [1350 1400; ME: injury,… …
93vituperative — vituperatively, adv. /vuy tooh peuhr euh tiv, peuh ray tiv, tyooh , vi /, adj. characterized by or of the nature of vituperation: vituperative remarks. [1720 30; VITUPERATE + IVE] * * * …
94Foster, Abigail Kelley — orig. Abigail Kelley born Jan. 15, 1810, Pelham, Mass., U.S. died Jan. 14, 1887, Worcester, Mass. U.S. abolitionist. She became active in a branch of the Female Anti Slavery Society in the 1830s, and in 1838 she helped William Lloyd Garrison… …
95Savonarola, Girolamo — born Sept. 21, 1452, Ferrara, duchy of Ferrara died May 23, 1498, Florence Italian preacher, religious reformer, and martyr. He joined the Dominican order in 1475 and was sent to Florence to lecture at the convent of San Marco, where he became… …
96Cervantes, Miguel de — ▪ Spanish writer Introduction in full Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra born September 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain died April 22, 1616, Madrid Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) and the most… …
97Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth — ▪ American lecturer born October 28, 1842, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. died October 22, 1932, Goshen, New York American lecturer on abolitionism, women s rights, and other reform topics, remembered for the articulate but emotionally… …
98Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… …
99nonfictional prose — Introduction any literary work that is based mainly on fact, even though it may contain fictional elements. Examples are the essay and biography. Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. This type of… …
100Verlaine, Paul — ▪ French poet Introduction born March 30, 1844, Metz, France died January 8, 1896, Paris French lyric poet first associated with the Parnassians and later known as a leader of the Symbolists (Symbolist movement). With Stéphane Mallarmé and… …
