Definitions
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- noun South Africa A
fellow ,guy ,bloke . - noun A probably extinct species of Hawaiian
honeycreeper ,Psittirostra psittacea.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"_Faut limé lampe ou pou fai la-Viège passé dans caïe - ou_," says Cyrillia.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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The language of this sentence is remarkable: -- "Jeo ou nul autre en moun noun purchace absolucion _ou de Apostoile ou de autre souerein_."
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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It is said, that when he was dying, he called out to his friends (a correct grammarian to the last), "_Je_ VAS _ou je_ VAIS _mourir; l'un ou l'autre se dit_!"
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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_diabled_ two or three times at intervals of some seconds, and then pronounced that I had _ou la petite vérole ou la rougeole_; and to convince me, brought a glass.
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_diabled_ two or three times at intervals of some seconds, and then pronounced that I had _ou la petite vérole ou la rougeole_; and to convince me, brought a glass.
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[(Had y) 29.1 (ou, Mrs. Doug) 9.1 (las, put on \ (as became y) 29.1 (ou\) the g) 9.1 (a) 3.1 (rb of a mag) 9.1 (d) -0.9 (alen; and)] TJ
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I think te latin ou were looking for was Per Adua ad astra!
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– Translation of Le rêve mexicain ou la pensée interrompue
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– Originaltitel: Le rêve mexicain ou la pensée interrompue
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Le rêve mexicain ou la pensée interrompue (1988) testifies to his fascination with Mexico's magnificent past.
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In 1792 the Scottish philosopher James Anderson noted that ‘it’ indicated ‘a high degree of contempt’, suggesting instead the gender-neutral pronoun ou, then common in Gloucestershire dialect.
Amia Srinivasan · He, She, One, They, Ho, Hus, Hum, Ita: How Should I Refer to You? · LRB 2 July 2020 Amia Srinivasan 2020
reesetee commented on the word ou
A rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head. Now critically endangered.
August 21, 2007
mollusque commented on the word ou
A fellow, a chap (South Africa); Scottish interjection like "oh!"
December 8, 2007
artoparts commented on the word ou
Rx abbv - o.u. oculus uterque both eyes.
February 18, 2009