Word Meanings - CARPETMONGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets. 2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. Shak.
Related words: (words related to CARPETMONGER)
- GALLANTLY
In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer. - BUYER
One who buys; a purchaser. - PLEASURER
A pleasure seeker. Dickens. - GALLANTNESS
The quality of being gallant. - PLEASURELESS
Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot. - PLEASURE
1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain, - PLEASUREFUL
Affording pleasure. - SELLER
One who sells. Chaucer. - GALLANT
akin to OF. gale amusement, It. gala ornament; of German origin; cf. OHG. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, G. geil lascivious, akin to AS. g wanton, wicked, OS. g merry, Goth. gailjan to make to rejoice, or 1. Showy; splendid; magnificent; - GALLANTRY
1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. Fuller. 2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry. - RUMSELLER
One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail. - TOPGALLANT
Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The - SLOPSELLER
One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3. - BOOKSELLER
One who sells books. - DRAMSELLER
One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass. - DISPLEASURE
1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; - DISGALLANT
To deprive of gallantry. B. Jonson. - ENGALLANT
To make a gallant of. B. Jonson. - FORE-TOPGALLANT
Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.