English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Anachoretical
(a.)
See Anchoret, Anchoretic.
Anachorism
(n.)
An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing;
a referring something to a wrong place.
Anachronic
(a.)
Alt. of Anachronical
Anachronical
(a.)
Characterized by, or involving, anachronism;
anachronistic.
Anachronism
(n.)
A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error
in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other,
esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of
chronological relation.
Anachronistic
(a.)
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
Anachronize
(v. t.)
To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
Anachronous
(a.)
Containing an anachronism; anachronistic.
Anaclastic
(a.)
Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through
water; as, anaclastic curves.
Anaclastic
(a.)
Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
Anaclastics
(n.)
That part of optics which treats of the refraction of
light; -- commonly called dioptrics.
Anacoenosis
(n.)
A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or
opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
Anacoluthic
(a.)
Lacking grammatical sequence.
Anacoluthon
(n.)
A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a
sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that
the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
Anaconda
(n.)
A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes
murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small
mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python
tigris) of Ceylon.
Anacreontic
(n.)
A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly
little poem in praise of love and wine.
Anacreontic
(a.)
Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter
of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.
Anacrotic
(a.)
Pertaining to anachronism.
Anacrotism
(n.)
A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a
sphygmographic tracing.
Anacrusis
(n.)
A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse
properly beginning with an accented syllable.