dadaism | (noun) a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty | Synonyms: dada |
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dais | (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump |
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daishiki | (noun) a loose and brightly colored African shirt | Synonyms: dashiki |
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daisy | (noun) any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl | - |
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daisybush | (noun) any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays | Synonyms: daisy-bush, daisy bush |
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daisylike | (adjective) resembling a daisy | - |
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hollandaise | (noun) eggs and butter with lemon juice | - |
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lackadaisical | (adjective) idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way | - |
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(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: dreamy, languid, languorous |
lackadaisically | (adverb) in an idle and lackadaisical manner | - |
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spondaise | (verb) make spondaic | Synonyms: spondaize |
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