An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: «woman without her man is nothing». The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly. The men wrote: «Woman, without her man, is nothing.»The women wrote: «Woman! Without her, man is nothing.»
n. (pl. -ies) 1 degree of conformity to moral principles.
- right moral conduct.
- science of morals.
- particular system of morals (commercial morality).
- play n. Hist. Drama with personified abstract qualities and including a moral lesson.
MORALIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) 1 (often foll. By on) indulge in moral reflection or talk.
- make moral or more moral. moralization n.
MOREOVER
adv. Besides, in addition to what has been said.
MORIBUND
adj. - at the point of death.
- lacking vitality. [latin morior die]
MORPHEME
n. Linguistics meaningful unit of a language that cannot be further divided (e.g. In, come, -ing, forming incoming). [greek morphe form]
MORPHINE
n. Narcotic drug from opium, used to relieve pain. [latin morpheus god of sleep]
MORTGAGE
rate n. Rate of interest charged by a mortgagee.
- —n. - a conveyance of property to a creditor as security for a debt (usu. One incurred by the purchase of the property). B deed effecting this.
- sum of money lent by this. —v. (-ging) convey (a property) by mortgage. mortgageable adj. [french, = dead pledge: related to *gage1]
MORTUARY
—n. (pl. -ies) room or building in which dead bodies are kept until burial or cremation. —attrib. Adj. Of death or burial. [medieval latin mortuus dead]
MOSQUITO
n. (pl. -es) biting insect, esp. One of which the female punctures the skin with a long proboscis to suck blood. [spanish and portuguese, diminutive of mosca fly]
MOTHBALL
n. Ball of naphthalene etc. Placed in stored clothes to deter moths. in mothballs stored unused for a considerable time.
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