limitrophe
limitrophe adj. on the frontier XIX; †sb. borderland XVI. — F. — late L. limitrophus, f. līmit- LIMIT + Gr. -trophos supporting (tréphein nourish).
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lact- , lact- stem of L. lac, lact- milk (cf. Gr. gála, galakt-; see GALAXY) in derivs.: lactation XVII(f. L. lactāre), lacteal XVII (f. L. lacteus), lacteou… Eliphelet , Eliphal (ĕl´īfăl, ēlī´fəl), the same as Eliphelet4.
Eliphalet (ēlĬf´əlĕt), in the Bible, name of two sons of David. Alternate forms are Eliphelet and… synchronic , syn·chron·ic / singˈkränik/ • adj. concerned with something, esp. a language, as it exists at one point in time: synchronic linguistics. Often contra… Elizaphan , Elzaphan (ĕl´zəfăn, ĕlzā´–), the same as Elizaphan.
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