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Teutonic (iou)



Teutonic adjective & noun. E17.
[French teutonique from Latin Teutonicus, from Teutones: see TEUTON, -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Hist. Of or pertaining to the former northern European people known as the Teutons. E17.
2. Designating or pertaining to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family or the Germanic-speaking peoples. arch. E17.
J. R. McCulloch The Normans, as well as the Saxons, were of Teutonic extraction.
b. Of or pertaining to the Germans; German; displaying the characteristics attributed to Germans. M17.
Sunday Times German youths..schooled in Teutonic ideals of discipline, courage, skill.
Special collocations: Teutonic cross Heraldry a silver-rimmed elongated black cross, being the badge of the Teutonic Knights. Teutonic Knights, Teutonic Order (of Knights) a military and religious order of German knights, priests, etc., founded c 1191 as the Teutonic Knights of St Mary of Jerusalem for service during the Third Crusade, and which later conquered areas of Russia and the Baltic provinces; the Order was re-established as an honorary ecclesiastical institution in Austria in 1834 and reformed in 1929.
B. noun.
1. = GERMANIC noun. Formerly also spec., the German language. arch. E17.
2. = TEUTON 2. rare. M-L17.
3. A Teutonic Knight. Usu. in pl. L17-L18.
Teutonically adverb in the manner of a Teuton or German; in characteristically German style: M19.
Teutonicism noun Teutonic or German quality; a Teutonic expression; a Teutonism: M19.

dedentition (iou)



dedentition noun. M17.
[from DE- 3 + DENTITION.]
Physiology. The shedding of the (deciduous) teeth.