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| anachronism |
the representation of something as existing or happening at a time when that thing did not exist or happen, or a similar presentation done in error. [1/2 definitions] |
| didn't |
contracted form of "did not." |
| has-been |
one who is no longer capable of, effective at, or valued for something he or she once did well. |
| how'd |
(informal) contracted form of "how did," or contracted form of "how would." |
| Job |
in the Old Testament, a believer in God who did not lose his faith in spite of the trials and suffering he had to endure. [1/2 definitions] |
| manhood suffrage |
within a nation, the right of all adult men to vote regardless of their status. In the United States in the nineteenth century, the movement within individual states toward manhood suffrage sought to guarantee that poor and propertyless white men would not be denied the vote. This movement succeeded in its particular aims but did nothing to ensure the right to vote for non-whites. Although the Fifteenth Amendment was passed after the Civil War to prevent states from denying the right to vote to anyone based on race, manhood suffrage continued to be denied to non-white adult males in many states. |
| periphrastic |
formed with an auxiliary verb or a particle instead of an inflection, such as "it did ring" rather than "it rang". [1/2 definitions] |
| put (something) past |
to consider (some behavior) to be beyond what some person or group would do; to not be surprised if a particular person or group did a certain thing (used in the negative only and typically with "would not"). |
| unperson |
one who is treated as though he or she did not exist; nonperson. |
| what'd |
(informal) contracted form of "what did." |
| when'd |
(informal) contracted form of "when did." |
| where'd |
(informal) contracted form of "where did." |
| why'd |
(informal) contracted form of "why did." |
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