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“Wherefore, when the lad answered “Ninum,” who was really the successor of Belus, king of the Assyrians, he pronounced the last two letters “um” like the French nasal “on,” which gave the name of the Assyrian king the same sound as that of Ninon de l'Enclos, the terrible bete noir of the jealous Marquise.”
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bon mot, bon vivant, boulevardier, accoutrement, ménage à trois, melee, coup de grace, elan, bete noir, agent provocateur, crème de la crème, haut monde and 53 more...
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the first one
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bete noir, zook, botch, icicle, lassie, Bobbitt, sedition, billiant
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gobsmackingly, agit prop, ephemeral, serendipity, innocuous, malapropism, anthropomorphic, interlocutor, quiddity, arguendo, obstreperous, piquant and 32 more...
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