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mysteryowl

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Fri Oct 25, 2019, 03:25 PM Oct 2019

Word of the day...

ANATHEMA
noun
anath·​e·​ma | ə-ˈna-thə-mə
Definition of anathema

1a : one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority
b : someone or something intensely disliked or loathed —usually used as a predicate nominative … this notion was anathema to most of his countrymen.— Stephen Jay Gould
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