CHRISTIAN THOMASIUS
\kɹˈɪst͡ʃən təmˈe͡ɪsɪəs], \kɹˈɪstʃən təmˈeɪsɪəs], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_tʃ_ə_n t_ə_m_ˈeɪ_s_ɪ__ə_s]\
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A German legist; born at Leipsic, Jan. 1, 1655; died professor of jurisprudence at Halle, Sept. 23, 1728. Among his writings are: "Serious but Lively and Sensible Remarks on all Sorts of Juristic Works" (1720); "Reasonable and Christianlike but not Pharisaical Considerations on all Sorts of Philosophical and Juristic Works" (3 vols., 1723); "History of Wisdom and Folly".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.