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historical | xenia |

As an adjective historical

is pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.

As a noun historical

is a historical romance.

As a proper noun xenia is

of mainly historical use in english.

historical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the history, to what happened in the past.
  • Usage notes

    * * See the usage notes about (m) for more.

    Synonyms

    * historic

    Derived terms

    * ahistorical * art-historical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A historical romance.
  • * 1999 , Anne K. Kaler, Rosemary E. Johnson-Kurek, Romantic Conventions , page 63:
  • However, as regular romance readers know, the romance novels that appear on the best-seller lists are not Harlequins at all, but rather historicals and contemporaries, which vary widely from the Harlequin pattern in style, plot, and character.

    xenia

    English

    (wikipedia xenia)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.
  • (botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
  • See also

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