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Word: maior (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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...seem to recall, however, that while "major" or "maior" is the comparative, "magnus" is the positive, as "opus magnus" and not "opus maius." Unless there be some trick reference here to Maia, the goddess or month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 19, 1927 | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

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