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vacillate(dictionary)

orinasal (iou) and vacillate (oh)


orinasal (iou)



orinasal adjective & noun. . M19.
[from Latin ori- combining form of or-, os mouth + NASAL noun, adjective.]
A. adjective. Pertaining to the mouth and nose; spec. in Phonetics, (of a vowel) sounded with the oral and nasal passages both open, as the nasal vowels in French, nasalized. M19.
b. noun. Phonetics. An orinasal vowel. L19.
orinasally adverb by means of the mouth and nose L20.

vacillate (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of vacillare 'to move from side to side, fail to decide']
to continue to change your opinions, decisions, ideas etc
-synonym waver waver vacillate between
::Her parents vacillated between different approaches to discipline.
-- vacillation /7vAsZ5leIFEn/ n [U and C]