Michael A. Goodwin (Nephilpal) (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lemure) wrote, |
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Thanks for the praise. You might be interested to know that the word has other definitions:
hol·o·caust ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hl-kôst, hl-)
n.
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[Middle English, burnt offering, from Old French holocauste, from Latin holocaustum, from Greek holokauston, from neuter of holokaustos, burnt whole : holo-, holo- + kaustos, burnt (from kaiein, to burn).]
Thanks for the praise. You might be interested to know that the word has other definitions:
hol·o·caust ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hl-kôst, hl-)
n.
- Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire.
- Holocaust The genocide of European Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II: “Israel emerged from the Holocaust and is defined in relation to that catastrophe” (Emanuel Litvinoff).
- A massive slaughter: “an important document in the so-far sketchy annals of the Cambodian holocaust” (Rod Nordland).
- Holocaust The genocide of European Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II: “Israel emerged from the Holocaust and is defined in relation to that catastrophe” (Emanuel Litvinoff).
- A sacrificial offering that is consumed entirely by flames.
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[Middle English, burnt offering, from Old French holocauste, from Latin holocaustum, from Greek holokauston, from neuter of holokaustos, burnt whole : holo-, holo- + kaustos, burnt (from kaiein, to burn).]
