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Word Meanings - BRIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer

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OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9. 2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.

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  • PRINCIPALNESS
    The quality of being principal.
  • TRISYLLABIC; TRISYLLABICAL
    Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. -- Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • PRIESTLIKE
    Priestly. B. Jonson.
  • TRINE
    The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton. 2. A triad; trinity. A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble.
  • TRICLINATE
    Triclinic.
  • TRIPUDIARY
    Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. " Tripudiary augurations." Sir T. Browne.
  • PRIMORDIALLY
    At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
  • PRITHEE
    A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I. Shak. What was that scream for, I prithee L'Estrange. Prithee, tell me, Dimple-chin. E. C. Stedman.
  • TRILOBITE
    Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on
  • TRIOECIOUS
    Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Trioecia.
  • EXPERIENCED
    Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye. The ablest and most experienced statesmen. Bancroft.
  • PRINCELESS
    Without a prince. Fuller.
  • TRINKETER
    One who trinkets.
  • TRIBUNARY
    Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority.
  • PRIZING
    The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5.
  • TRIALITY
    Three united; state of being three. H. Wharton.
  • PRINCIPALITY
    preëminence, excellence: cf. F. principalité, principauté. See 1. Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station. Sir P. Sidney. Your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
  • PRINCIPIA
    First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
  • PRIMO
    First; chief.
  • TRISKELION; TRISKELE
    A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.
  • MAISTRE; MAISTRIE; MAISTRY
    Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery. Chaucer.
  • PROVENTRIULUS
    The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
  • INTRINSICAL
    1. Intrinsic. 2. Intimate; closely familiar. Sir H. Wotton.
  • VENTRILOQUY
    See VENTRILOQUISM
  • PEDESTRIAN
    Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
  • ENTERPRISER
    One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.
  • ANEMOMETRIC; ANEMOMETRICAL
    Of or pertaining to anemometry.
  • TRAY-TRIP
    An old game played with dice. Shak.
  • NAVEL-STRING
    The umbilical cord.
  • AIRWOMAN
    A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
  • STRIATUM
    The corpus striatum.
  • CEPHALOTRIBE
    An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
  • FRICATRICE
    A lewd woman; a harlot. B. Jonson.
  • ANELECTRIC
    Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. -- n.
  • CAPRIPED
    Having feet like those of a goat.

 

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