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Creswellian (iou) and dedecorate (iou)


Creswellian (iou)



Creswellian adjective & noun. E20.
[from Creswell Crags in Derbyshire (where the phase is well represented) + -IAN.]
Archaeology.
A. adjective. Designating or pertaining to a cultural period of the late palaeolithic in NW Europe, esp. Britain, roughly contemporary with the later part of Magdalenian. E20.
b. ellipt. as noun. The Creswellian period. M20.

dedecorate (iou)



dedecorate verb trans. E17.
[Sense 1 from Latin dedecorat- pa. ppl stem of dedecorare dishonour, from dedecus, dedecor- disgrace: see -ATE3; sense 2 from DE- 3 + DECORATE verb.]
Dishonour. Only in E17.
Disfigure. E19.