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initial (iou) and Gutian (iou)


initial (iou)



initial verb trans. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. M19.
[from the noun.]
Mark or sign with initials; put one's initials to or on; spec. signify thus the intention of later formal ratification.
Time The signing of a Panama Canal treaty that was initialed last month.

Gutian (iou)



Gutian noun & adjective. E20.
[from Guti, the tribe or Gutium, their country + -AN.]
Archaeology.
A. noun. A member of a people from the Zagros Mountains in western Iran who overthrew the Dynasty of Akkad in Mesopotamia in the late 3rd millennium BC. E20.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to this people. E20.