Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Sports A club of gymnasts or tumblers.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An association for the practice of gymnastics according to the system of the turners. See turner, 4.
Wiktionary
- n. A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a club of tumblers or gymnasts
Etymologies
- German, from turnen to exercise + Verein a union. (Wiktionary)
- German : turnen, to do gymnastics; see turner2 + Verein, club (from obsolete vereine, back-formation from Middle High German vereinen, to unite : ver-, intensive pref. from Old High German far-; + einen, to make one from ein, one, from Old High German). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“a revolutionary society to be known as the worms turnverein”
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250 Spelling Words
A selected sampling of words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
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based upon per- indo-european root
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VergePert's Words
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2012 National Bee Final Round
The words from the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee championship round.
psammon, dedans, sahel, harengiform, canities, ridotto, maieutic, turnverein, otosteon, ajimez, porwigle, melopoeia and 18 more...
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A tone
A reflection upon words associated with the Indo-European roots 'oi-no-', one, unique and 'swem-' & 'swen-', move,stir and sound. Sound stirred and blended may bring oneness and resolution.
Atone, at one, attune, for tune, eleven, a leaven, oi-no-, union, unity, uncial, uncia, unanimous and 27 more...
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