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misogyny (iou) and quicksand (iou)


misogyny (iou)



misogyny noun. M17.
[mod. Latin misogynia from Greek misogunia, formed as MISOGYNIST: see -Y3.]
Hatred of women.
'misogyne noun (now rare) = MISOGYNIST E19.
miso'gynic adjective = misogynous E19.
misogynism noun = MISOGYNY M19.
misogynous adjective having a hatred of women; characterized by misogyny: L19.

quicksand (iou)



quicksand noun. ME.
[from QUICK adjective + SAND noun.]
(A bed of) loose wet sand, easily yielding to pressure and sucking in any object resting on it or falling into it. ME.
fig. A treacherous thing or (rare) person. L16.
P. Arrowsmith By confiding in her..he had trodden unwarily into the quicksand of emotional dependence on her.
quicksandy adjective (rare) of the Nature of (a) quicksand E17.