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n. 1. a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw. 2. a jester's scepter.
Informal. speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
n. 1. the estate or domain of a feudal lord. 2. Informal. anything, as an organization or real estate, owned or controlled by one dominant person or group.
n. 1. an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog. 2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness. 3. anything soft or flabby.
n., pl. a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
adj. 1. delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism. 2. delicious: a delectable dinner. –n. 3. an especially appealing or appetizing food or dish: a buffet table spread with delectables.
v.t., -nized, -niz·ing. to perceive; become conscious of; know.
dj., -dri·er, -dri·est, n. –adj. 1. (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap. 2. low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
n., pl. skunks, (esp. collectively) skunk, v. –n. 1. a small North American mammal, Mephitis mephitis, of the weasel family, having a black coat with a white, V -shaped stripe on the back, and ejecting a fetid odor when alarmed or attacked. 2. any of several related or similar animals. Cf. hog-nosed skunk, spotted skunk. 3. Informal. a thoroughly contemptible person. 4. U.S. Navy Slang. an unidentified ship or
n. 1. a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence. 2. a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants): wolfsbane; henbane. 3. death; destruction; ruin. 4. Obs. that which causes death or destroys life: entrapped and drowned beneath the watery bane.
n. 1. a person, thing, or influence supposed to bring bad luck. –v.t. 2. to bring bad luck to; place a jinx on: The strike has jinxed my plans to go to Milwaukee for the weekend.
n. 1. a private or secret meeting. 2. an assembly or gathering, esp. one that has special authority, power, or influence: a conclave of political leaders. 3. the assembly or meeting of the cardinals for the election of a pope. 4. the body of cardinals; the College of Cardinals. 5. the place in which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church meet in private for the election of a pope.
v.t. 1. to attack vigorously or violently; assault. 2. to attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.: to assail one's opponent with slander. 3. to undertake with the purpose of mastering: He assailed his studies with new determination. 4. to impinge upon; make an impact on; beset: His mind was assailed by conflicting arguments. The light assailed their eyes.
n., v., -claved, -clav·ing. –n. 1. a country, or esp., an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country. 2. any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one: a Chinese-speaking enclave in London. –v.t. 3. to isolate or enclose (esp. territory) within a foreign or uncongenial environment; make an enclave of: The desert enclaved the little
v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing. –v.i. 1. to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate. –v.t. 2. to send forth; emit.
a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a novice. 3. a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever; proselyte. 4. Primitive Church. a person newly baptized.
v., whet·ted, whet·ting, n. –v.t. 1. to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction. 2. to make keen or eager; stimulate: to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity. –n. 3. the act of whetting. 4. something that whets; appetizer or drink. 5. Chiefly Southern U.S. a. a spell of work.
v.t. 1. to attach, append, or add, esp. to something larger or more important. 2. to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state: Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia. 3. to take or appropriate, esp. without permission. 4. to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence. –n. Also, esp. Brit., anÆnexe.5. something
n. 1. a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial. 2. a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week. 3. a canopy erected over a tomb.
n. 1. the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness: The candor of the speech impressed the audience. 2. freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality: to consider an issue with candor. 3. Obs. kindliness. 4. Obs. purity.
n. 1. blood that is shed, esp. when clotted. 2. murder, bloodshed, violence, etc.: That horror movie had too much gore.
n. 1. broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes. 2. a stick or lath used by harlequins, clowns, etc., as in pantomime, for striking other performers, esp. a combination of laths that make a loud, clapping noise without hurting the person struck. –adj. 3. using, or marked by the use of, broad
n., pl. -sies. 1. a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual. 2. the physical constitution peculiar to an individual. 3. a peculiarity of the physical or the mental constitution, esp. susceptibility toward drugs, food, etc. Cf. allergy (def. 1).
n., pl. -nies. 1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails. 2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday. 3. Music. frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.
adj. giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.: Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome.
n. 1. a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer. –adj. 2. moving, developing, or responding slowly; sluggish; dilatory; backward.
., v., -aled, -al·ing or (esp. Brit.) -alled, -al·ling. –n. 1. Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids: a vial of rare perfume; a vial of medicine. 2. pour out vials of wrath, to wreak vengeance or express anger: In her preface she pours out vials of wrath on her detractors. –v.t. 3. to put into or keep in a vial.
v.i., -esced, -esc·ing. to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
n. 1. a horseman, esp. a mounted soldier; knight. 2. one having the spirit or bearing of a knight; a courtly gentleman; gallant. 3. a man escorting a woman or acting as her partner in dancing. 4. (cap.) an adherent of Charles I of England in his contest with Parliament. –adj. 5. haughty, disdainful, or supercilious: an arrogant and cavalier attitude toward others.
n. Informal. 1. a quick, witty, or pointed remark or retort: During the debate she made a couple of zingers that deflated the opposition. 2. a surprise, shock, or piece of electrifying news: The President's resignation was a real zinger. 3. a person or thing that has vitality or animation or produces startling results.
n. 1. courage and fortitude: a man of mettle. 2. disposition or temperament: a man of fine mettle. 3. on one's mettle, in the position of being incited to do one's best The loss of the first round put him on his mettle to win the match.
v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing. –v.i. 1. to rise or float in the air, esp. as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity. –v.t. 2. to cause to rise or float in the air.
adj. Older Use. not any; no; never a: nary a sound..
n. a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
adj. -chi·er, -chi·est. Informal. 1. vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene: a raunchy joke. 2. dirty; slovenly; grubby. 3. lecherous.
nformal. –v.i. 1. to use profanity; curse; swear. –v.t. 2. to swear at; curse: He cussed the pedestrian for getting in his way. 3. to criticize or reprimand in harsh terms (often fol. by out): The coach cussed out the team for losing. –n. 4. curse word; oath. 5. a person or animal: a strange but likable
adj. 1. bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay. 2. easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant: He has a pliant nature.
adj. 1. extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. 2. Archaic. distinguished or eminent.
n. an official bulletin or communication, usually to the press or public.
adj. 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. 2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious.
