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• handsome — adjective (handsomer; est) Etymology: Middle English handsom easy to manipulate Date: 1530 1. chiefly dialect appropriate, suitable 2. moderately large ; sizable < a painting that commanded a handsome price > 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Joseph Hansom — Infobox Architect image size = (if image is smaller than 250px) caption = name =Joseph Aloysius Hansom nationality =English birth date =26 October 1803 birth place =York death date =29 June 1882 death place =Fulham alma matter = practice name =… …   Wikipedia

• List of fictional books — A fictional book is a non existent book created specifically for (i.e. within) a work of fiction. This is not a list of works of fiction (i.e., actual novels, mysteries, etc), but rather imaginary books that do not actually exist.UsesSuch a book… …   Wikipedia

• Great Falls (Missouri River) — Great Falls of the Missouri River Black Eagle Falls and Dam in 1988 Location Cascade County, Montana, USA Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• Queens for a Day — Infobox Television episode | Title = Queens for a Day Series = Ugly Betty Season = 1 Episode = 3 Guests= Rhys Coiro Airdate = October 12, 2006 Production = 103 Writer = Marco Pennette Director = Jim Hayman Episode list = List of Ugly Betty… …   Wikipedia

• The Green Serpent — (a green dragon, known as Serpentin Vert in French), is a French fairy tale written by Marie Catherine d Aulnoy and published in her book New Tales, or Fairies in Fashion ( Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fées à la Mode ) written in 1698. The serpent is… …   Wikipedia

• handsome — handsomeish, adj. handsomeness, n. /han seuhm/, adj., handsomer, handsomest. 1. having an attractive, well proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman. 2. having pleasing …   Universalium

• évoquer — [ evɔke ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • XIVe; « faire venir, appeler » XVe; lat. evocare, de vocare « appeler » → voix I ♦ 1 ♦ Appeler, faire apparaître par la magie. Évoquer les âmes des morts, les démons, les esprits. ⇒ invoquer. Formule,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• handsome — (adj.) c.1400, handsom easy to handle, ready at hand, from HAND (Cf. hand) (n.) + SOME (Cf. some). Sense extended to fair size, considerable (1570s), then having fine form, good looking (1580s). Meaning generous (in handsome reward, etc.) first… …   Etymology dictionary

• toy-boy — n. (Slang) toyboy, handsom young man who is a lover or plaything of an older rich woman …   English contemporary dictionary