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. - PRIESTLIKE
Priestly. B. Jonson. - TRISYLLABIC; TRISYLLABICAL
Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. -- Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv. - 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. - TRIPUDIARY
Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. " Tripudiary augurations." Sir T. Browne. - TRICLINATE
Triclinic. - 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. - 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. - PRIMO
First; chief. - PRINCIPIA
First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia. - 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 - ENTERPRISER
One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward. - PEDESTRIAN
Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey. - TRAY-TRIP
An old game played with dice. Shak. - ANEMOMETRIC; ANEMOMETRICAL
Of or pertaining to anemometry. - NAVEL-STRING
The umbilical cord. - STRIATUM
The corpus striatum. - AIRWOMAN
A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft. - 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.