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rude gesture — any of various gestures that have a rude or vulgar meaning, indecent gesture … English contemporary dictionary
Ed Sullivan — Infobox actor name = Ed Sullivan birthname = Edward Vincent Sullivan birthdate = birth date|1901|9|28|mf=y birthplace = New York City, New York deathdate = death date and age|1974|10|13|1901|9|28 deathplace = New York City, New York yearsactive … Wikipedia
fig — (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. figue (12c.), from O.Prov. figa, from V.L. *fica, from L. ficus fig tree, fig, from a pre I.E. Mediterranean language, possibly Semitic (Cf. Phoenician pagh half ripe fig ). A reborrowing of a word that had been taken… … Etymology dictionary
fig — English has two words fig. Fig the fruit [13] comes via Old French figue, Provençal figua, and Vulgar Latin *fica from Latin ficus. This, together with its Greek relative súkon (source of English sycamore and sycophant), came from a pre Indo… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sycophant — [16] Sycophants are etymologically ‘fig showers’. The word comes via Latin sychophanta from Greek súkophántēs, a compound formed from súkon ‘fig’ and phántēs ‘shower’, a derivative of phaínein ‘show’ (source of English fancy, phantom, etc). Súkon … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sycophant — /ˈsɪkəfænt/ (say sikuhfant), / fənt/ (say fuhnt), /ˈsaɪ / (say suy ) noun a self seeking flatterer; a fawning, servile parasite. {Latin sȳcophanta, from Greek sȳkophantēs slanderer, false accuser, literally, fig shower, from sykon fig + phan ,… …
σκινδαρεύεσθαι — σκινδαρεύομαι an indecent gesture pres inf mp … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
σκινθαρίζειν — σκινθαρίζω an indecent gesture pres inf act (attic epic) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
σκινθίζεται — σκινθίζομαι an indecent gesture pres ind mp 3rd sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
σκίνδαροι — σκίνδαρος an indecent gesture masc nom/voc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
