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Bombete says:
I need to learn English
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Editor says:
@Ronald Wade
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/viduous
viduous (in British English)
ADJECTIVE
1. formal = empty
2. a variant form of “vidual” -
Ronald Wade says:
viduous-a word reportedly meaning”empty”used by Thackery and cited in Erin McKean in “Weird and Wonderful Words”. Cannot find another independent definition.
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James Contreras says:
I like to learn English Words that are difficult