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intervenient (iou) and odious (iou)


intervenient (iou)



intervenient adjective & noun. L16.
[Latin intervenient- pres. ppl stem of intervenire: see INTERVENE, -ENT.]
A. adjective.
That comes in between; that comes in as something extraneous. L16.
That lies or is situated between Other things or points in space. E17.
Occurring between certain points of time or events. E17.
Intervening in action; intermediary. M17.
b. noun. A person who intervenes, an intervener. E17.
intervenience noun the fact of intervening; (an) intervention: E17-E19.

odious (iou)



odious adjective. LME.
[Old French odious, odieus (mod. odieux) from Latin odiosus, formed as ODIUM: see -OUS.]
Deserving of or causing hatred or repugnance; hateful, offensive, repugnant.
E. Bowen To disoblige any friend of the family was odious to her. A. G. Gardiner The slum-owner,..the profiteer, and all the odious people..exploiting others. A. Pryce-Jones I was an odious child.
odiously adverb LME.
odiousness noun L15.