Word Meanings - BLUEBEARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The hero of a mediæval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it
Additional info about word: BLUEBEARD
The hero of a mediæval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate. The Bluebeard chamber of his mind, into which no eye but his own must look. Carlyle.
Related words: (words related to BLUEBEARD)
- YOUNGISH
Somewhat young. Tatler. - ENTERPARLANCE
Mutual talk or conversation; conference. Sir J. Hayward. - CASTLEWARD
See CASTLEGUARD - ENTERPRISER
One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward. - ENTERDEAL
Mutual dealings; intercourse. The enterdeal of princes strange. Spenser. - CASTLE
1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. Our castle's strength Will laugh - SUBJECTION
1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government - LEAVE-TAKING
Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak. - SUBJECTIST
One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist. - FOUNDATION
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, - SUBJECTNESS
Quality of being subject. - LEAVED
Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long- leaved. - YOUNG
, , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - FOUND
1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. Shak. A man that all his - YOUNGTH
Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser. - ENTERPRISE
1. That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak. - ENTEROLITH
An intestinal concretion. - ENTERPLEAD
See INTERPLEAD - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - DEFORMER
One who deforms. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - MESENTERY
The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum - CONCENTER; CONCENTRE
To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge. - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - YOUNGLY
Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak. - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - REENTERING
The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.