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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 892 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EUPHEMISM (from Gr. eiiidirl sos, having a sound of good omen; et)

EUPHEMISM (from Gr. eiiidirl sos, having a See also:
SOUND
SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)
sound of See also:
GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)
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OMEN (a Latin word, either connected with os, mouth, or more probably with auris (Gr. ois, ear; apparently, meaning " a thing heard " or " spoken ")
omen; et) , well, and qrijµrt, See also:

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VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice), a figure of speech in which an unpleasant or coarse phrase is replaced by a softer or less offensive expression .

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