Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager,
"Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
- suffix forming adjectives often (or only) used as nouns (cardiac; maniac). [latin -acus, greek -akos]
- symb. Actinium.
AD
abbr. Of the christian era. [*anno domini]
- hoc adv. & adj. For one particular occasion or use. [latin]
- infinitum adv. Without limit; for ever. [latin]
- lib —v. (-bb-) improvise. —adj. Improvised. —adv. As one pleases, to any desired extent. [abbreviation of latin ad libitum according to pleasure]
- n. Colloq. Advertisement. [abbreviation]
- nauseam adv. Excessively; disgustingly. [latin, = to sickness]
- prefix (altered or assimilated before some letters) implying motion or direction to, reduction or change into, addition, adherence, increase, or intensification. [latin]
AF
abbr. Audio frequency.
AG
symb. Silver. [latin argentum]
AH
abbr. In the year of the hegira (ad 622); of the muslim era. [latin anno hegirae]
- int. Expressing surprise, pleasure, realization, etc. [french a]
AI
abbr. - artificial insemination.
- artificial intelligence.
AL
dente adj. (of pasta etc.) Cooked so as to be still firm when bitten. [italian, = ‘to the tooth’]
- suffix 1 (also -ial) forming adjectives meaning ‘relating to, of the kind of’ (central; tidal; dictatorial).
- forming nouns, esp. Of verbal action (removal). [latin -alis]
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