Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of ne wost, knowest not.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Wottest not; knowest not.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- phrase obsolete Contraction of
ne wost ; wottest not; knowest not.
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Examples
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He produced a photocopied page from a czarist-era encyclopedia showing Cossacks listed as second (after Russians) among the Slavic peoples of Russia, and another showing that Cossacks wrote "Kazak" ( "Cossack" in Russian, a word possibly of Turkic origin) under the heading natsional'nost '( "ethnic group") on government forms in the first years after the 1917 revolution.
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He produced a photocopied page from a czarist-era encyclopedia showing Cossacks listed as second (after Russians) among the Slavic peoples of Russia, and another showing that Cossacks wrote "Kazak" ( "Cossack" in Russian, a word possibly of Turkic origin) under the heading natsional'nost '( "ethnic group") on government forms in the first years after the 1917 revolution.
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He produced a photocopied page from a czarist-era encyclopedia showing Cossacks listed as second (after Russians) among the Slavic peoples of Russia, and another showing that Cossacks wrote "Kazak" ( "Cossack" in Russian, a word possibly of Turkic origin) under the heading natsional'nost '( "ethnic group") on government forms in the first years after the 1917 revolution.
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Blagovolite prinjat 'i moju lichnuju glubokuju priznatel'nost' za prislannyj mne ekzempljar Vashej knigi.
The History of a Lie 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion' Herman Bernstein 1905
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KNJAZ 'MIHAIL ALEKSANDROVICH soizvolil blagosklonno prinjat' podnesennyj Vami trud „ Talmud i evrei “, prichem EGO VYSOCHESTVU blagougodno bylo poruchit 'mne peredat' Vam EGO iskrennjuju priznatel'nost 'za Vashe podnesenie.
The History of a Lie 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion' Herman Bernstein 1905
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I'm nost sure if this ismoresilliness or welcome sanity: Scott Adams's negative Christmas (or birthday): rather than giving gifts, you can force a family member or friend to discard one item that he or she already owns.
Television Maxine 2009
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I'm nost sure if this ismoresilliness or welcome sanity: Scott Adams's negative Christmas (or birthday): rather than giving gifts, you can force a family member or friend to discard one item that he or she already owns.
Writing Maxine 2009
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I'm nost sure if this ismoresilliness or welcome sanity: Scott Adams's negative Christmas (or birthday): rather than giving gifts, you can force a family member or friend to discard one item that he or she already owns.
June 2009 Maxine 2009
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From what we are told, nost of these Gitmo 'terrorist' were in the wrong place at the wrong time and are not enemy combatants.
Cheney: Investigating CIA interrogations a political move 2009
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March 15th, 2010 at 10: 06 pm linzloo08 brought to you by I Want My Country Back, Inc.!! says: nost = most
Think Progress » Armey Accuses ‘Destructive’ Tancredo Of ‘Alienating’ Hispanics 2010
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