Anachronism

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Anachronism ANACH'RONISM, n. [Gr. time.]
An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events are misplaced.

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

anachronism n 1: something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred [syn: anachronism, mistiming, misdating] 2: an artifact that belongs to another time 3: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

canorousness

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Canorousness \Ca*no"rous*ness\, n. The quality of being musical. He chooses his language for its rich canorousness. --Lowell.

Pacifically

pa·cif·i·cal·ly
–adverb
peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.


Origin:
1785–95; obs. pacifical pacific (see pacific, -al) + -ly

Dribblet

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dribblet \Drib"blet\, Driblet \Drib"let\, n. [From Dribble.] A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets. When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. --Burke.

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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "driblet": ace, atom, bit, dab, dole, dot, dram, dribble, droplet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, globule, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, iota, jot, little, little bit, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pittance, point, scrimption, scruple, smidgen, smitch, speck, spoonful, spot, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, whit

Jouissance

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Jouissance JOUIS'SANCE, n. Jollity; merriment. [Not in use.]

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

jouissance foreign term Etymology: French pleasure ; sexual pleasure ; orgasm

Wantonly

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Wantonly WANTONLY, adv. Loosely; without regularity or restraint; sportively; gayly; playfully; lasciviously.

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WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

wantonly adv 1: in a wanton manner; "the animals were killed wantonly for sport" 2: in a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously" [syn: licentiously, wantonly, promiscuously]

Bewitchery

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Bewitchery BEWITCH'ERY, n. Fascination; charm; resistless power of anything that pleases.

Heinous

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Heinous \Hei"nous\, a. [OF. ha["i]nos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. ha["i]ne hate, F. haine, fr. ha["i]r to hate; of German origin. See Hate.] Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character. It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. --Hooker. How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! --Milton. Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. -- Hei"nous*ly, adv. -- Hei"nous*ness, n.

Illation

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Illation \Il*la"tion\, n. [L. illatio, fr. illatus, used as p. p. of inferre to carry or bring in, but from a different root: cf. F. illation. See 1st In-, and Tolerate, and cf. Infer.] The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion. Fraudulent deductions or inconsequent illations from a false conception of things. --Sir T. Browne.

Twiddle

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Twiddle \Twid"dle\, v. t. [Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Tweedle.] To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key. [Written also twidle.] --Thackeray.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Twiddle \Twid"dle\, v. i. To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles. --Halliwell.

Peripetia

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

peripetia n 1: a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling" [syn: peripeteia, peripetia, peripety]

Overworking

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

overworking n 1: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork" [syn: overwork, overworking]
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overworkedor Overwrought; p. pr. & vb. n. Overworking.] 1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse. 2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor. My days with toil are overwrought. --Longfellow. 3. To decorate all over.

Doppelganger

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Doppelganger \Dop"pel*g["a]ng`er\, n. [G.] A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker.

Defalcate

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Defalcate DEFALCATE, v.t. To cut off; to take away or deduct a part; used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

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WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

defalcate v 1: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" [syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate]

Hamartia

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WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

hamartia n 1: the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall [syn: tragic flaw, hamartia]

Truncheon

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Truncheon \Trun"cheon\, n. [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF. tronchon, tron?on, F. tron?on, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See Thyrsus, and cf. Trounce.] 1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. With his truncheon he so rudely struck. --Spenser. 2. A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. --Shak. 3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. --Gardner.

Mantua

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Mantua MAN'TUA, n. A lady's gown.

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WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

mantua n 1: loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries

Omnivorous

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

omnivorous adj 1: feeding on both plants and animals [ant: carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous]

Partialness

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

partialness n 1: the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete

Homiletics

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

homiletics n 1: the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies 2: the art of preaching

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

homiletics noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1830 the art of preaching

Propitious

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Propitious PROPI'TIOUS, a. [L.propitius.] Favorable; kind; applied to men.
1. Disposed to be gracious or merciful; ready to forgive sins and bestow blessings; applied to God.
2. Favorable; as a propitious season.

Impecunious

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Impecunious \Im"pe*cu"ni*ous\, a. [L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F. imp['e]cunieux.] Not having money; habitually without money; poor. An impecunious creature. --B. Jonson.

Contrarious

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Contrarious \Con*tra"ri*ous\, a. [LL. contrariosus: cf. OF. contrarios contralius.] Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. [Archaic] --Milton. She flew contrarious in the face of God. --Mrs. Browning.

Eleemosynary

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Eleemosynary ELEEMOS'YNARY, a. [Gr. alms, to pity, compassion.]
1. Given in charity; given or appropriated to support the poor; as eleemosynary rents or taxes.
2. Relating to charitable donations; intended for the distribution of alms, or for the use and management of donations, whether for the subsistence of the poor or for the support and promotion of learning; as an eleemosynary corporation. A hospital founded by charity is an eleemosynary institution for the support of the poor, sick and impotent; a college founded by donations is an eleemosynary institution for the promotion of learning. The corporation entrusted with the care of such institutions is eleemosynary.
ELEEMOS'YNARY, n. One who subsists on charity.

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WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

eleemosynary adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]

Vermiculation

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Vermiculation VERMICULA'TION, n.
1. The act or operation of moving in the form of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another, as in the peristaltic motion of the intestines.
2. The act of forming so as to resemble the motion of a worm.

Vesture

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Vesture VEST'URE, n. [See Vest.]
1. A garment; a robe.
There polish'd chests embroider'd vesture grac'd.
2. Dress; garments in general; habit; clothing; vestment; as the vesture of priests.
3. Clothing; covering.
Rocks, precipices and gulfs appareled with a vesture of plants.
- And gild the humble vestures of the plain.
4. In old law books, the corn with which land was covered; as the vesture of an acre.
5. In old books, seisin; possession. Obs.