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2017 film
Tehran Taboo (Persian: تهران تابو) is a 2017 Persian-language adult animated drama film written and directed by Ali Soozandeh. Animated through rotoscope
Tehran_Taboo
animated film Tehran Taboo, which explores sexual and gender double standards in Iran. Soozandeh was born in Shiraz, Iran. He studied art in Tehran before emigrating
Ali_Soozandeh
Iranian-French actress (born 1981)
other nominations. In 2017, she played Sara in the German-Austrian film Tehran Taboo, directed by Ali Soozandeh, which used rotoscoping technique and premiered
Zar_Amir_Ebrahimi
the Soldiers - short The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish - short Tehran Taboo Thugs with Dirty Mugs - short (The audience member who's silhouetted
List_of_rotoscoped_works
and examine the sex workers for STDs. They also provide counselling. Tehran Taboo, and a number of new works pictured the prostitution in Iran. The novel
Prostitution_in_Iran
2023 film festival in Berlin, Germany
umřela by Philippe Kastner Compass-Perspektive-Award: Seven Winters in Tehran by Steffi Niederzoll Honorable Mention: The Kidnapping of the Bride by Sophia
73rd Berlin International Film Festival
73rd_Berlin_International_Film_Festival
Annecy Festival". annecy.org. annecy.org. Retrieved August 3, 2017. "Tehran Taboo". Cineuropa. Retrieved January 18, 2024. "Three Heroes and the King of
List of animated feature films of 2017
List_of_animated_feature_films_of_2017
Annual film festival in Annecy, France
Xuan and Zhang Chun China Ethel & Ernest Roger Mainwood United Kingdom Tehran Taboo تهران تابو Ali Soozandeh Austria Germany Zombillenium Zombillénium Arthur
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Annecy_International_Animation_Film_Festival
Hirayanagi Japan, United States Los Perros Marcela Said Chile, France Tehran Taboo (CdO) تهران تابو Ali Soozandeh Germany, Austria Short Films Competition
2017_Cannes_Film_Festival
Shōjirō Nishimi Guillaume "Run" Renard Ankama Animations Studio 4 °C Tehran Taboo Germany Austria Ali Soozandeh Little Dream Entertainment Coop99 Filmproduktion
List of adult animated feature films
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Austrian cinematographer
Eier im Glas Antonin Svoboda 2016 Stille Reserven Valentin Hitz 2017 Tehran Taboo Ali Soozandeh Looking for Oum Kulthum Shirin Neshat Shoja Azari 2018
Martin_Gschlacht
Events 95 —N/a $4,812,371 The third animated film from Fathom Events. Tehran Taboo February 14, 2018 Rotoscoping Little Dream Entertainment Kino Lorber
List of animated feature films released theatrically in the United States (2000–2019)
List_of_animated_feature_films_released_theatrically_in_the_United_States_(2000–2019)
Fred Seibert, founder of Frederator Studios Ali Soozandeh, animator of Tehran Taboo Genndy Tartakovsky, animator and director known for Dexter's Laboratory
The_Dot_and_Line
the Knife: Brecht's Threepenny Film · The Silent Revolution · Simpel · Tehran Taboo · Transit 2019 All About Me · The Collini Case · The German Lesson ·
List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
List_of_German_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film
Turkish-German actress (born 1965)
Kriminalist – Im Namen des Vaters 2016: Goster 2017: Aus dem Nichts 2017: Tehran Taboo 2018: Heldt 2019: Servus, Schwiegersohn! 2020: Matzo, kebab and sauerkraut
Şiir_Eloğlu
Regional social stigmas around sexuality
emotional state of being, which should be not tolerated but accepted. Cultural taboos consist of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and other related issues
Sexual taboo in the Middle East
Sexual_taboo_in_the_Middle_East
Herbig-Matten, Detlev Buck Comedy a.k.a. The Puberty a.k.a. Das Pubertier Tehran Taboo Ali Soozandeh —N/a Animated film German-Austrian co-production A Terribly
List of German films of the 2010s
List_of_German_films_of_the_2010s
Austrian opera singer and actor (1939–2020)
Von 0 auf 111 (2013) Der Metzger und der Tote im Haifischbecken (2015) Tehran Taboo (2017) "Die Volksoper trauert um Klaus Ofczarek". Volksoper (in German)
Klaus_Ofczarek
Iranian mathematician (1977–2017)
Award, the Satter Prize, and the Clay Research Award. Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Mirzakhani studied mathematics at Sharif University of Technology
Maryam_Mirzakhani
Giménez Cacho, Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, Alejandro Valle, Iván Ávila Dueñas Tehran Taboo (تهران تابو) — Ali Soozandeh Tenderness (La Tenerezza) — Gianni Amelio
2017 Vancouver International Film Festival
2017_Vancouver_International_Film_Festival
2017 edition of film festival
SUNG Hsin-Yin (Taiwan) Ping Pong The Animation - Masaaki Yuasa (Japan) Tehran Taboo - Ali SOOZANDEH (Austria/Germany) The Tatami Galaxy - Masaaki Yuasa (Japan)
22nd Busan International Film Festival
22nd_Busan_International_Film_Festival
Sexual activity between close relatives
of pregnancy from incestuous sex. The incest taboo is one of the most widespread of all cultural taboos, both in present and in past societies. Most modern
Incest
Qajar princess (1884–1936)
al-Saltaneh. They had four children. Taj divorced her husband, breaking a taboo and becoming one of the first women in the royal family to get a divorce
Tadj_al-Saltaneh
Iranian filmmaker
cinema, is rooted in the visual arts and autobiography. Because of the taboo themes frankly discussed in her films and her opposition to censorship,
Mania_Akbari
Iranian actress (born 1984)
actress. She studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Tehran while pursuing acting in theater. She received a nomination for the Crystal
Elnaz_Shakerdoost
Highest political and religious office in Iran
June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. "Rafsanjani breaks taboo over selection of Iran's next supreme leader". TheGuardian.com. Reuters
Supreme_Leader_of_Iran
Israeli film and television actor (born 1992)
2024 Meet The Hasidic Israelis Who Choose To Serve In Military — Despite Taboo The Forward. 3 October 2017 If you can guess how HBO’s ‘Possessions’ ends
Roy_Nik
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
Politics in Iran", Foreign Affairs, November December 2008 "Rafsanjani breaks taboo over selection of Iran's next supreme leader". The Guardian. 14 December
Ali_Khamenei
Iranian film director
Official selection in the Tehran International Short Film Festival Oscar Qualified Film Festival for experimental film TABOO – Iran 2021/ Writer & Director
Ehsan_Hemmati
punishable by law. Suicide is therefore often a secretive act surrounded by taboo, and may be unrecognized, misclassified, or deliberately hidden in official
List of countries by suicide rate
List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
1989 Iranian novella by Shahrnush Parsipur
Shahrnush Parsipur. The novel follows the interconnected lives of five women in Tehran in the wake of the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, who all ultimately unite in
Women_Without_Men_(novella)
Iranian born-English actor (born 1958)
based in London, England. Bijan Daneshmand was born on 16 August 1958 in Tehran, Iran. At the age of 10, he moved to England to receive his early education
Bijan_Daneshmand
Marriage between relatives
endogamy. Theories on the developments of consanguineous marriage as a taboo can be supported as being both a social and a biological development. From
Consanguine_marriage
Iranian composer and musician (b. 1951)
k.a. Casus Kıran Yedi Canlı Adam) - (1970) Alizadeh was born in 1951 in Tehran. His father was from Urmia and his mother from Arak. As a teenager he attended
Hossein_Alizadeh
Iranian poet
the international Cities of Refuge Network. Mousavi was born in 1976 in Tehran and grew up in the nearby city of Karaj. He began writing short stories
Mehdi_Mousavi
Political party in Iran
government there. The Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) was founded in 1965 by a group of Tehran University students who had opposed the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
People's_Mojahedin_Organization_of_Iran
Breed of horse
to match." Kurdish women regularly rode horses and it was not seen as a taboo among Kurds as it was among other Middle Eastern cultures. Moreover, Kurdish
Kurdish_horse
Mythological creature with a human head and lion body
finding beauty in the decline of civilization in the form of macabre or taboo subjects such as the sphinx. The motif of the sphinx can also be connected
Sphinx
2023 armed incursions and massacres in Israel
massacre saw raped and abused bodies, but the rapidity of events—and cultural taboos—may leave the truth uncovered". Al-Jazeera said that "while isolated rapes
October_7_attacks
Musical genre
original tracks. Iranian hip hop originates from the country's capital Tehran, although a number of experimental works were recorded earlier by diasporan
Iranian_hip-hop
City in Fars province, Iran
member of the ICCD, based in Paris because hers is a form of dance that is taboo in Iran Abbas Dowran, fighter jet pilot who died during the Iran–Iraq War
Shiraz
Salafi jihadist militant organisation
of primary education and four years of secondary, with “artificial and taboo subjects” prohibited. Students were supposed to be able to attend university
Islamic_State
2012 British film
ever return to Iran. The filmmaker also talks about a religion that is a taboo subject in Iran and has its own consequences, such as that received by Shirin
The_Gardener_(2012_film)
Iranian actress (1927–2012)
in 2008, a film by Abbas Kiarostami. She died of lung cancer in 2012 in Tehran. Irene was born in an Armenian family who had immigrated to Babolsar, Iran
Irene_Zazians
as Al Qaeda and ISIS even. On 3 January 2016, Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran, Iran was ransacked following the execution of Saudi-born Shia Islam cleric
Iran–Saudi_Arabia_relations
Apartheid South Africa. Simon & Schuster. (Chapter 2) Wachal, Robert S. "Taboo and Not Taboo: That Is the Question." American Speech, 2002. vol. 77: 195–206.
List_of_ethnic_slurs
Relations between the two largest Islamic sects
and Yazid—held responsible by Shia for killing Husayn ibn Ali) ("Breaking taboos against honoring the caliphs who had persecuted and killed members of the
Shia–Sunni_relations
Iranian-born French choreographer
Untimely festival in Tehran. Since 2013, s.he is based in Paris because s.he is a representative of a form of dance that is taboo in Iran. In 2013, Darabi
Sorour_Darabi
University of Tehran Noushafarin Ansari (born 1939), professor within the Faculty of Library and Information Science at University of Tehran; Secretary General
List_of_Iranian_women
Iran under the Zand dynasty from 1751 to 1794
following the Islamic Revolution of 1979, names of Iran's past rulers became taboo, citizens of Shiraz refused to rename the Karim Khan Zand and Lotf Ali Khan
Zand_Iran
Iranian-born Dutch filmmaker
Allamehzadeh was banned from entering Iran at the time of writing Iranian Taboo; recruited the help of friends who secretly shot inside Iran to investigate
Reza_Allamehzadeh
American religious studies scholar
سومخ) is an Iranian-born American professor and author. Soomekh was born in Tehran, Iran, to a Persian-Jewish family, to Hamid and Manijeh Soomekh. She is
Saba_Soomekh
French philosopher (1926–1984)
surrounding his homosexuality, because same-sex sexual activity was socially taboo in France. At the time, Foucault engaged in homosexual activity with men
Michel_Foucault
African American new religious organization
this includes Native, Latino, and African Americans. Marrying whites is taboo, with the group claiming that sex with white women emasculates black men
Nation_of_Islam
Law of Iran
from many Iranians. In some cases, municipalities in major cities like Tehran have killed dogs. In Iran, there is no specific law for controlling and
Dog_walking_in_Iran
1982 single by The Clash
drinking a beer; Letts stated that all that imagery was "about breaking taboos". The Clash is shown miming a performance of the song in front of a pumpjack
Rock_the_Casbah
Iranian actress (born 1977)
Parastoo Salehi (Persian: پرستو صالحی; born 31 October 1977, in Tehran) is an Iranian actress and social activist. She gained her fame from playing in
Parastoo_Salehi
2025 strikes in Doha, Qatar
2026). "In war-torn Ukraine, showing sympathy for Palestine is no longer a taboo". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2 February 2026. Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israeli_attack_on_Doha
1956 novel by Isaac Asimov
"viewing" (holography), at which point he discovers that Solarians have no taboo about nudity when viewing, though Baley is shocked. Thereafter he develops
The_Naked_Sun
Iranian-born American film developer
profit. In 2010, he designed Kalimaat, a word game in the same genre as Taboo, about common knowledge and memory. In 2011, Ardekani founded the Muslim
Baba_Ali
T-Rich T-Wayne T. Mills T.I. T.O.P Ta-ku Tássia Reis Tabi Bonney Tablo Taboo Taco Hemingway Taebin Taelor Gray Taeyeon Taeyong Tagne Tainy Taio Cruz
List_of_hip-hop_musicians
Clash between Shia pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces
incident, Iranians attacked the Saudi, Kuwaiti and French embassies in Tehran, abducting four Saudi diplomats. Iran and Saudi Arabia have been called
1987_Mecca_incident
Historical region in northwestern Iran
make up 25%–33% of Tehran and of Tehran Province's population. They are the largest ethnic groups after Persians in Tehran and the Tehran Province. The governor
Azerbaijan_(Iran)
significant sign languages developed for the hearing as well, such as the speech-taboo languages used by some Aboriginal Australian peoples. Scholars are doing
List_of_sign_languages
years on | DW | 12.02.2014". Deutsche Welle. Newsweek, Banned and Burned in Tehran, October 1995, page 38. "Iran 'bans author Coelho's novel'". BBC News. May
List of books banned by governments
List_of_books_banned_by_governments
Internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal
wheat. Some cultures[which?] strongly consider offal consumption to be taboo, while others use it as part of their everyday food, such as lunch meats
Offal
Reaction to Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel
Westerners are less likely to be shocked by ridicule of religious figures. "Taboo and sacrilege are virtually dead in the West. Blasphemy is an old story
Satanic_Verses_controversy
Men's association football team
good forms increased confidence on the side to break the knockout stage taboo as Tunisia found themselves grouped with world champions France, European
Tunisia national football team
Tunisia_national_football_team
1938 annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany
into disfavor and is now seen by the majority of German-speaking people as taboo.[citation needed] Unlike earlier in the 20th century when there was no Austrian
Anschluss
Country in Central and South Asia
captured equipment has been estimated at US$83 billion. Homosexuality is taboo in Afghan society; according to the Penal Code, homosexual intimacy is punished
Afghanistan
Afghan state from 2004 to 2021
4% by their fathers, and the rest by other relatives. Homosexuality was taboo in Afghan society; according to the Penal Code, homosexual intimacy was
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan
2001 terror attacks in the U.S.
death and killing - Censoring the language of killing". Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language. Cambridge University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-139-45760-6
September_11_attacks
1939 neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
themselves as "anti-fascists" for deportations to Nazi Germany. The pact was a taboo subject in the postwar Soviet Union. In December 1989, the Congress of People's
Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact
Ancient pre-Iranian civilization between 3200 and 539 BC
addition to Napiriša, Hinz (1976/80b) surmised that Kiririša also was a taboo-name (for Pinigir). This theory has been convincingly discredited by Grillot
Elam
Soviet massacre of Polish military officers and intelligentsia in 1940
Poland, only to be dismantled by the police. Katyn remained a political taboo in the Polish People's Republic until the fall of the Eastern Bloc in 1989
Katyn_massacre
Antisemitic conspiracy theory
Praeger. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-313-35384-0. [ Masanori Nishioka, "The Greatest Taboo of Postwar World History: There Were No Nazi 'Gas Chambers'" Marco Polo
Holocaust_denial
Persian film
first feature film to use a female performer as a star. It was still a taboo at the time to broadcast women in film and even radio at the time. Roohangiz
Lor_Girl
English actor and comedian (born 1971)
through outrageous sociocultural viewpoints, his deadpan violation of social taboos and use of vulgar language and behaviour. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America
Sacha_Baron_Cohen
Motif in many mythologies and religions
In the agikuyu community, the "mūgumo" tree is held sacred and it is a taboo to even fetch firewood from it. In the past, the tree served as an altar
World_tree
Persian poet and mystic (1325–1390)
to monasteries, convents, Shahneh, and muhtasib, ignored the religious taboos of his period, and he found humor in some of his society's religious doctrines
Hafez
Theatrical makeup caricaturing Black people
scored low on every film critic platform. "A white man donning blackface is taboo," said Howell; "Conversation over – you can't win. But our intentions were
Blackface
Basque separatist group (1960–2018)
The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2011. "Spanish cinema breaks ETA taboo". BBC News. 4 April 2000. Retrieved 2 May 2010. "MIPT Terrorism Knowledge
ETA_(separatist_group)
Iranian film composer
اسفندیار منفردزاده, romanized: Esfandiyār Monfaredzādeh; born 15 March 1941 in Tehran) is an Iranian pioneer film composer, songwriter, and filmmaker. He is recognized
Esfandiar_Monfaredzadeh
Protests beginning in 2023
2026). "In war-torn Ukraine, showing sympathy for Palestine is no longer a taboo". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2 February 2026. "Pro-Palestinian march draws thousands
Gaza_war_protests
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
the sector and that the stereotype was founded in Christian projection of taboo behaviour on to the minority.[page needed] In Anti-Judaism: The Western
Antisemitism
Hypothesis that some unidentified flying objects are created by extraterrestrial life
scientific and peer-reviewed methods, would go a long way toward lifting the taboo in mainstream science. In August 2021, at the American Institute of Aeronautics
Extraterrestrial UFO hypothesis
Extraterrestrial_UFO_hypothesis
Capital and largest city of Timor-Leste
often undefined. Reasons for this include the history of displacement, and taboo over formal demarcation. Land registration is difficult due to the city's
Dili
Intergovernmental organisation
and the work of the OPCW have defined the use of chemical weapons as a taboo under international law". The Hague was chosen as the location for the seat
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Organisation_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons
1960s subculture
Group sex, public sex, homosexuality; under the influence of drugs, all the taboos went out the window. This doesn't mean that straight sex or monogamy were
Hippie
Period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage
marriage, and divorce rates have increased in Tehran to around a quarter of marriages, even though divorce is taboo. While the Iranian government "condemns
Courtship
2005 controversy surrounding the depiction of Muhammad
Retrieved 4 October 2012. Dahrendorf, Ralf (13 October 2006). "A world without taboos: Is modern society as enlightened as its champions like to believe? (Today's
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy
2005 Iranian film
politics, with it and the 2007 documentary Tehran: 11 pm connecting it to the importance of appearance, given the taboo of men and women directly and socially
Nose,_Iranian_Style
Mythological symbol
who comes at night to the bridal bed in human form. The maiden breaks a taboo and her enchanted husband disappears. She is forced to seek him. Example:
Serpent_symbolism
Lebanese satellite news television channel
news networks, and three major regional offices in Tunisia, Cairo, and Tehran. When it was launched, the channel said its owners were anonymous Arab businessmen
Al_Mayadeen
Secretary General of NATO since 2024
May 2020. "Rutte on Zomergasten: Wilders, multiculturalism and the 'last taboo'". Dutch News. 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August
Mark_Rutte
"Owens Pierced a Myth". ESPN. Retrieved April 30, 2009. Entine, Jon (2000). Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and why We are Afraid to Talk about
Racism_in_the_United_States
1963 international agreement
signed but not ratified the treaty. The treaty contributed to a lasting taboo on non-underground tests. Non-signatories France and China continued atmospheric
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty
Proposed system of governance in Iran
Iranian president Mohammad Khatami stated at an Islamic City Council of Tehran meeting, stated that "the most desirable democratic form of government for
Federalism_in_Iran
Visual art in public spaces
intent. They can be done anonymously for works that are created to confront taboo issues that will result in a backlash, or under the name of a well-known
Street_art
"Baháʼu'lláh" (meaning "the Glory of God") among Bábís. Born on 12 November 1817 in Tehran, Baháʼu'lláh's father was a wealthy government minister who traced his ancestry
Baháʼí_Faith_in_Iran
TEHRAN TABOO
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Girl/Female
Latin
The planet earth. Famous bearer: mythological Terra, the Roman earth goddess equivalent to the...
Boy/Male
English
Terran means 'Earthman.' Variants are contemporary rhyming blends of Ter- plus Darin.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Chinese, English, Latin
Of the Earth; Earth
Girl/Female
Muslim
Creative mind, Beautiful flower
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Sanskrit
Beautiful; Worthy of Praise
Boy/Male
English
Terran means 'Earthman.' Variants are contemporary rhyming blends of Ter- plus Darin.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Name of a companion of the prophet
Boy/Male
Muslim
A character in shahnameh
Girl/Female
Indian
Creative mind, Beautiful flower
Boy/Male
Muslim
Baker
Surname or Lastname
Catalan
Catalan : from the medieval personal name Ferran, Catalan form of Ferdinand.Irish : variant of Farren.English : variant of Farrand.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Farsi, Indian, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
A Character in Shahnameh; Kindness
Boy/Male
English
Terran means 'Earthman.' Variants are contemporary rhyming blends of Ter- plus Darin.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of the diamonds, Immortal
Boy/Male
Sikh
Wielder of the arrow
Boy/Male
Indian
Old name of a river sindh
Girl/Female
Greek
Innocent.
Male
Iranian/Persian
Variant spelling of Persian Bahram, BEHRAM means "smiter of resistance" or "victorious."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Old name of a river sindh
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Sovereign; Terran; Earth-man; Variants are Contemporary Rhyming Blends of Ter Plus Darin
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Girl/Female
English
meaning from Laurentium.
Male
Arthurian
, a giant (alder river).
Girl/Female
Spanish American English Anglo Saxon Latin
Flower.
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek
Stone; Rock; Female Version of Peter
Boy/Male
Irish American Gaelic English
Fair.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Serving the Highest
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the end of a village or settlement, from Middle English end (Old English ende).
Girl/Female
Egyptian
Born first.
Boy/Male
Indian
Preacher
Boy/Male
Indian
Young
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n.
A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively.
adv.
Then. See Then.
a.
Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
n.
A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.
n.
See /rass.
n.
The number four; a collection of four things; a quaternion.
a.
That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
conj.
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.
n.
A pipit.
n.
See 2d Terrier, 2.
n. & v.
See Throse.
n.
A tetravalent or quadrivalent atom or radical; as, carbon is a tetrad.
n.
The earth; earth.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.
a.
Of or pertaining to Thebes.
n.
Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.
n.
A tyrant.
n.
A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin.