See Also: exotism(dictionary)

grievous (oh) and exotism (iou)


grievous (oh)



formal very serious and causing great pain or suffering
::The loss of his father was a grievous blow.
::a grievous shortage of hospital beds
-- grievously adv
::He was grievously hurt by their betrayal.

exotism (iou)



exotism noun. . E19.
[French exotisme, from exotique, formed as EXOTIC: see -ISM.]
Resemblance to what is foreign; a foreign air.