Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or derived from humus or mold.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East
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Examples
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Last little post-humous jab at Rand: Philosophy means “a love of wisdom” in Greek.
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And came the day when I moved my cattle on, and my plough-men went back and forth across the slopes 'contour -- ploughing the rich sod under to rot to live and crawling humous in which to bed my seeds of crops to be.
Chapter 8 2010
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I nominate a post-humous award to Margaret Sanger (I think she may have liked Catholic Social Justice), with Hillary Clinton (I think she might like Cath ...) accepting.
Mary Ann Glendon to Notre Dame: "I cannot accept the Laetare Medal..." 2009
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Every day, the shutters, the white walls, the pita bread and humous, sometimes chicken, sometimes yogurt and if he is lucky, sometimes a cigarette.
The Captive 2010
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That's one of many questions one is left with upon reading Gerald Boyd's angry yet thoughtful post-humous memoir detailing his rise through the hierarchy of The New York Times.
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Last little post-humous jab at Rand: Philosophy means “a love of wisdom” in Greek.
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I had no idea that this post-humous tale from Tolkien had made it to Real Story status what about The Silmarillion?
New on Kindle: Lord of the Rings. For real. | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009
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It makes me laugh the big chains say that we can't get rid of excess packaging because the consumers want it - but in the case of humous it's the cheap range that has the excess cardboard and the expensive one just just had a plastic tub.
But Zac....We Like Supermarkets ! Newmania 2007
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I had no idea that this post-humous tale from Tolkien had made it to Real Story status what about The Silmarillion?
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It shows that Aussie don't find pomies very humous.
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