Word Meanings - DESIGNFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of design; scheming. -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. Barrow.

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• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• SCHEMIST
  A schemer. Waterland.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• DESIGNATOR
  An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
• DESIGNATIVE
  Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.
• DESIGNFUL
  Full of design; scheming. -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. Barrow.
• DESIGNEDLY
  By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.
• BARROW
  A heap of rubbish, attle, etc. (more info) mound; akin to G. berg mountain, Goth. bairgahei hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr. b high, OIr. brigh mountain. Cf. Berg, Berry a 1. A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead;
• DESIGNLESS
  Without design. -- De*sign"less*ly, adv.
• BARROWIST
  A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
• SCHEMA
  An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.
• SCHEMING
  Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. -- Schem"ing*ly, adv.
• DESIGNER
  One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration. 3. A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense. (more info) 1. One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.
• SCHEMATIST
  One given to forming schemes; a projector; a schemer. Swift.
• SCHEMATISM
  Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies. 2. Particular form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement.
• SCHEMATIZE
  To form a scheme or schemes.
• DESIGNING
  Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.
• DESIGNMENT
  1. Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. Dryden. 2. Design; purpose; scheme. Shak.
• DESIGNABLE
  Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle.
• SCHEMATIC
  Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema.
• FOREDESIGN
  To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
• HANDBARROW
  A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
• WHEELBARROW
  A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
• PREDESIGNATE
  A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.
• POLYSCHEMATIST
  Having, or existing in, many different forms or fashions; multiform.
• SEA BARROW
  A sea purse.