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| 4133064323 | Attila | barbarian, rough leader H: King of the Huns from 433-453 and the most successful of the barbarian invaders of the Roman Empire | 0 | |
| 4133066008 | Berserk | destructively or frenetically violent, mentor or emotional upset H: a warrior clothed in bear skin who worked himself into a frenzy before battle | 1 | |
| 4133070533 | Bloomer | undergarments for dance or active wear; underwear formally worn by females that was composed of loose trousers gathered at the ankles H: invented by Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818-1894), an American social reformer | 2 | |
| 4133078322 | Bowdlerize | to censor, expurgate prudishly, to modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing content H: after Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), who expurgated Shakespeare | 3 | |
| 4133082755 | Boycott | to act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion. H: after Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897) of Ireland. Boycott, a former British soldier, refused to charge lower rents and ejected his tenants. Boycott and his family found themselves without servants, farmlands, services in stores, or mail delivery. | 4 | |
| 4133092020 | Canopy | an overhanging protection or shelter, to cover or hover above. Middle English word "canape" taken from Latin "canapeum" or "conopeum" meaning "net curtains" | 5 | |
| 4133097398 | Casanova | a man who is amorously and gallantly attentive to women, a promiscuous man. H: Giovanni Jacopo Casanova De Seingalt (1725-1798), an Italian adventurer who established a legendary reputation as a lover | 6 | |
| 4133101419 | Chauvinist | one who has a militant devotion to and glorification of one's country, fanatical patriotism, prejudices belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind H: after Nicolast Chauvin, a legendary French soldier devoted to Napoleon. | 7 | |
| 4133250814 | Derrick | a machine for hosting and moving heavy objects, consisting of a movable boom equipped with cables and pulleys and connected to the base of an upright stationary beam, a tall framework over a drilled hole, esp. an oil well, used to support boring equipment H: named after a London hangman Derik (1600) | 8 | |
| 4133260994 | Donnybrook | any riotous occasion H: taken from the Donnybrook Fair, held in Dublin County, Ireland until 1855, which was famous for rioting and dissipation | 9 | |
| 4133267724 | Dungaree | a style of casual work pants H: form a coarse cotton fabric of East Indian origin H: from the Hindu word "dungri" | 10 | |
| 4133270214 | El Dorado | a place of reputed wealth H: from the legendary city in South America, sought by early Spanish explorers | 11 | |
| 4133272472 | Hackney | to make something banal or trite by frequent use, a horse for ordinary riding or driving, a horse kept for hire, let out, employed, or done for hire H: from Hackney, the most common breed of heavy harness horses in the US | 12 | |
| 4133289162 | Horatio Alger | one who believes that a person can make it on his one merits H: from (1832-1899) American writer of inspirational adventure books | 13 | |
| 4133293742 | Laconic | using or marked by the use of few words, brief; Lakonikos H: from the reputation of the Spartans for brevity of speech | 14 | |
| 4133297212 | Limerick | a humorous or nonsense verse of five lines H: from Limerick, a county in Republic of Ireland where the form is said to have originated | 15 | |
| 4133307710 | Machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism, characterized by expedience, deceit, and cunning H: after Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1537), a philosopher known for his treaties and political expediency, wrote "The Prince" (1513) | 16 | |
| 4133330972 | McCarthyism | modern with hunt, the practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversions with insufficient regard to evidence, the use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods, in order to suppress opposition H: after Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), an American politician who as a US senator form WWI publicly accused many citizens of subversion | 17 | |
| 4133337418 | Meander | to wander aimlessly H: originating from Meander, a river in Turkey noted for its winding course. | 18 | |
| 4136116274 | Mesmerize | to induce the state of being hypnotized H: F.A. Mesmer, an Austrian physician who used hypnotism and developed a theory called "animal magnetism" | 19 | |
| 4136122058 | Nostradamus | fortune teller H: (1503-1566) French physician and astrologer who wrote a book of rhymed prophecies | 20 | |
| 4136126082 | Sardonic | bitterly ironical, sarcastic, sneering H: from a Sardinian plant said to bring on fits of laughter | 21 | |
| 4136130734 | Shanghai | to cheat or steal, to make drugs, liquor, etc., to bring or get by trickery or force H: a seaport in East China, from Shanghai because sailors for voyages there were often secured by illicit means | 22 | |
| 4136139077 | Spartan | frugal and bare, simple, disciplined and stern and brace H: having to do with Sparta, an important city in Greece. The Spartans were known for simplicity of life, severity, courage, and brevity of speech | 23 | |
| 4136144817 | Stonewall | hinder or obstruct by evasive, delaying tactics; in cricket: trying to go completely defensive, blocking every ball without trying without trying to score H: relating to Stonewall Jackson (Thomas J. Jackson), Confederate General from the remark during the Battle of Bull Run: "Look as Jackson's men; they stand like a stone wall." | 24 | |
| 4136162713 | Swiftian | satirical H: from Jonathan Swift's famous satire on politics "Gulliver's Travels" | 25 | |
| 4136168226 | Sybaritic | luxurious, voluptuous, a person who cares very much for luxury and pleasure H: an inhabitant of Sybars, a town founded by the Greeks in ancient Italy, which was known for its luxury | 26 | |
| 4136177267 | Thespian | having to do with the theatre or acting H: relating to Thespians, so called from Thespis, an Attic poet of the 6th century B.C., reputed to the father of Greek tragedy | 27 | |
| 4136191819 | Uncle Sam | government of people of the United States H: derived from the United States of America - Uncle Sam, a businessman with initials on shipping boxes in 1800's | 28 | |
| 4136202374 | Utopia | an imaginary and perfect society H: British 1610, source Thomas More's novel "Utopia" | 29 | |
| 4136207347 | Wagnerian | style of music: loud, dramatic, radical H: having to do with Wagner, his music, or his musical style or theories | 30 | |
| 4136214747 | Waterloo | a decisive or final defeat or setback H: Belgian 1816, source of Napoleon's last defeat | 31 |
