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Word Meanings - EXCITER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, excites. Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More.

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  • GRANDEUR
    The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
  • GRANDEESHIP
    The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
  • GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
    A grand mother.
  • GRANDUNCLE
    father's or mother's uncle.
  • GRANDIFIC
    Making great. Bailey.
  • GRANDILOQUENT
    Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • GRANDNESS
    Grandeur. Wollaston.
  • GRANDILOQUENCE
    The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray,
  • GRANDILOQUOUS
    Grandiloquent.
  • GRANDNEPHEW
    The grandson of one's brother or sister.
  • GRANDEE
    A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • INDUSTRY
    Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor. Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See Diligence. (more info) 1. Habitual
  • GRANDSON
    A son's or daughter's son.
  • GRANDSIRE
    Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.
  • GRANDMOTHERLY
    Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
  • GRANDPA; GRANDPAPA
    A grandfather.
  • GRANDINOUS
    Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. Bailey.
  • GRAND MERCY
    See GRAMERCY
  • GREAT-GRANDFATHER
    The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT
    The aggrandizement of one's self.
  • GREAT-GRANDSON
    A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
  • GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
    The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • AGGRANDIZE
    1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. Prescott.

 

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