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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use,
e alone stands instead of œ. Classicists prefer to write the diphthongoe separate in Latin words.
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- noun
Ligature ofLatin letterso ande . - noun open-mid front rounded vowel
- noun
Ligature of vowelso ande .
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