For he had not won an exhibition, Vidiadhar who had brought home clean question papers with ticks beside the questions he had done and a neat list of correct answers to the arithmetic sums, who had begun to learn Latin and French, who had gone to the intercollegiate football match and uttered partisan cries.
Definition of Manichaean. 1 : a believer in a syncretistic religious dualism (see dualism 3) originating in Persia in the third century a.d. and teaching the release of the spirit from matter through asceticism. 2 : a believer in religious or philosophical dualism.
cassava, manioc-cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca. cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca-a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics. Translations.apÂ·iÂ·oÂ·ca. n. 1. A starch made from cassava roots, usually processed as beads or flakes and used for puddings and as a thickening agent in cooking. 2. A dish, especially a pudding, made from this starch.