MANDAEAN

Mandaean, Mandean

(adjective) of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture

Mandaean, Mandean

(noun) the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans

Mandaean, Mandean

(noun) a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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