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dey | arid |

As a proper noun dey

is the tenth solar month of the persian calendar.

As an adjective arid is

very dry.

dey

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) deye, deie, daie, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* daie, deie, deye

Noun

(en noun)
  • A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The title given to the ruler of the (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
  • *1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 29:
  • *:the reigning Dey of Algiers (half of whose twenty-eight predecessors are said to have met violent ends) lost his temper with the French consul, struck him in the face with a fly-whisk, and called him ‘a wicked, faithless, idol-worshipping rascal’.

    • Etymology 3

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)

    • References

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    Anagrams

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    arid

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj) (wikipedia arid)
  • Very dry.
  • Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
  • Devoid of value.

    • Quotations

    * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 37 *: Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.

    See also

    * semiarid

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