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Guan (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Guan Hanqing(encyclopedia)
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acquisitive (iou) and guan (iou)


acquisitive (iou)



acquisitive adjective. M17.
[from Latin acquisit- (see ACQUISITION) + -IVE; partly through French acquisitif, -ive from late Latin acquisitivus.]
Belonging to one by acquisition. Only in M17.
Acquiring; keen to acquire things. M19.
acquisitively adverb in an acquisitive manner; in a manner expressing acquisition: M16.
acquisitiveness noun the quality of being acquisitive; desire of possession: E19.

guan (iou)



guan noun. [gw¨»:n] L17.
[from Amer. Spanish from Miskito kwamu.]
Any of various game-birds of tropical America of the genus Penelope or Other genus of the family Cracidae (which also contains the curassows).