English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Aristocrat (n.)
One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.
Aristocrat (n.)
One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.
Alt. of Aristocratical
Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.
Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.
The principles of aristocrats.
Aristocrats, collectively.
Aristology (n.)
The science of dining.
Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.
Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).
A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.
The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.
Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.
The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
Aristulate (a.)
Having a short beard or awn.
Arithmancy (n.)
Divination by means of numbers.
Arithmetic (n.)
A book containing the principles of this science.
Arithmetic (n.)
The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.
Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.