Word Meanings - WIT-STARVED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Barren of wit; destitute of genius. Examiner.

BARRENLY
Unfruitfully; unproductively.
BARRENWORT
An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family , having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.
DESTITUTENESS
Destitution. Ash.
DESTITUTE
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.
EXAMINER
One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.
DESTITUTELY
In destitution.
BARREN
bréhaigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. brékha, markha, sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish 1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall. 2. Not
BARRENNESS
The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. A total barrenness of invention. Dryden.
GENIUS
prop., the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere, gignere, to beget, bring forth. See 1. A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed
EXAMINERSHIP
The office or rank of an examiner.
CROSS-EXAMINER
One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
OVERBARREN
Excessively barren.