[
fam
-uh-lee,
fam
-lee],
noun
, pl
-lies
,
a primary social group consisting of parents and their offspring, the principal function of which is provision for its members
Origin:
c.1400, "servants of a household," from L. familia "household," The main modern sense of "those connected by blood" (whether living together or not) is first attested 1667.
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[
hohm
-sted, -stid],
noun
a house or estate and the adjoining land, buildings, etc, esp a farm
Origin:
O.E. hamstede "home, town, village," from home + stead (q.v.). In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family" (1693)
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[
gaj
-it],
noun
a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
Origin:
1886, gadjet, sailors' slang word for any small mechanical thing or part of a ship for which they lacked, or forgot, a name; perhaps from Fr. gâchette "catchpiece of a mechanism,"
Synonyms:
contraption; whatsis, doohickey, thingamajig.
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