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The New Inquisition — (ISBN 1 56184 002 5) is a book written by Robert Anton Wilson and first published in 1986. The New Inquisition is a book about ontology, science, paranormal events, and epistemology. Wilson identifies the Materialism belief and compares it to… … Wikipedia
damnedest — [[t]dæ̱mdɪst[/t]] 1) PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to inf If you say that you will do your damnedest to achieve something, you mean that you will try as hard as you can to do it, even though you think that it will take a lot of effort. [INFORMAL,… … English dictionary
damnedest — adjective informal especially AmE 1 the damnedest thing/luck etc the most unusual or surprising thing etc: That machine was the damnedest thing you ever saw! 2 do your damnedest to try very hard to make something work or succeed: I ll do my… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
damnedest — 1. adjective Surprising, remarkable, amazing. And the damnedest thing happened. I was dreaming, but in my dream I was dreaming. It was the damnedest thing, really. 2. noun Ones best effort. Fancy was doing her damnedest to pull her own oar and… … Wiktionary
damnedest — damned|est1 [ dæmdəst ] noun do your damnedest INFORMAL to make your best effort to do something: We knew he would do his damnedest to get it to us on time. damnedest damned|est 2 [ dæmdəst ] adjective OLD FASHIONED most strange or surprising:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
damnedest — damned|est [ˈdæmdıst] adj spoken not polite 1.) do/try your damnedest to try very hard to do something ▪ I ll do my damnedest to fix it, but I can t promise anything. 2.) [only before noun] used to emphasize that something is unusual, surprising… … Dictionary of contemporary English
damnedest — I UK [ˈdæmdɪst] / US [ˈdæmdəst] adjective old fashioned most strange or surprising People write to us about the damnedest things. II UK [ˈdæmdɪst] / US [ˈdæmdəst] noun do your damnedest … English dictionary
damnedest — damned•est [[t]ˈdæm dɪst[/t]] adj. 1) most extraordinary or amazing: It was the damnedest thing I d ever seen[/ex] 2) inf best; utmost: We did our damnedest to finish on time[/ex] • Etymology: 1820–30 … From formal English to slang
The American Mercury — is a defunct magazine founded in 1924 as the brainchild of H. L. Mencken and drama critic George Jean Nathan. The magazine featured writing by some of the most important writers in the United States through the 1920s and 1930s. The magazine… … Wikipedia
damnedest — or damndest noun Date: 1682 utmost, best used chiefly in the phrase do one s damnedest < doing my damnedest to win > … New Collegiate Dictionary
