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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| sacrosanct (adj.) |
| To be sacrosanct (pronounced SAK-ro-SANGKT) is to be “super-sacred,” with overtones of “untouchable” or “inviolable,” and sometimes also with a pejorative suggestion of too much (“just too sacred for words”). See HYPERBOLIC. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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