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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual spelling of a language, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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adj
Relating to a law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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name
A game, intended to model certain aspects of legal systems, in which players take turns by modifying the game's rules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Ancient Greek νομικός (nomikós, “relating to laws”), from νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).
From the suffix -nomic; see -nomy.
