parasol

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Miss Castlewood, this parasol is amply large for both of us I would not answer him in his own vein, because I never liked his vein at all; though I was not so entirely possessed as to want every body to be like myself Thank you; I mean to stay here," I said; "you may either leave the parasol or take it, whichever will be less troublesome.

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  1. noun A light, usually small umbrella carried as protection from the sun.

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  1. French, from Italian parasole : parare, to shield (from Latin parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots) + sole, sun (from Latin sōl; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from French parasol =Spanish Portuguese parasoll = D.G. Swedish Danish parasol, from Italian parasole, a parasol, sunshade, from parare, guard (see pare), + sole, from Latin sol, sun: see parry and Sol.
  2. from parasol, n.
 

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/ˈpærəsɑl/
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