Word Meanings - CICERONIANISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. "Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford." Sir P. Sidney.
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- CHIEFLESS
Without a chief or leader. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - STYLET
A small poniard; a stiletto. An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum. A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape - ACTION
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of - CHIEFEST
First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10. - GREAT-GRANDSON
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. - CICERONIANISM
Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. "Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford." Sir P. Sidney. - GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. - ACTIONABLE
That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable. - GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. - CHIEF JUSTICE
The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief - CHIEF HARE
A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ. - GREATLY
1. In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii. 16. 2. Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously. By a high fate thou greatly didst expire. Dryden. - CICERONIAN
Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent. - GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. - PHRASEOLOGIST
A collector or coiner of phrases. - GREAT-GRANDCHILD
The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. - GREATNESS
1. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc. 2. Pride; haughtiness. It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. Bacon. - EXPRESSIONAL
Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin. - ARAEOSTYLE
See INTERCOLUMNIATION - CYCLOSTYLE
A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred - INGREAT
To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby. - REACTIONIST
A reactionary. C. Kingsley. - KERCHIEF
couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in - SURSTYLE
To surname. - AMPHIPROSTYLE
Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides. -- n. - MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon. - INSTYLE
To style. Crashaw. - REDACTION
The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest. - CHYLIFACTION
The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process. - ENDOSTYLE
A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata. - MISCHIEF
+ chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by - FACTION
One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus. 2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, - DISTRACTION
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in - ENKERCHIEFED
Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.