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adv. In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bibax, bibacis, fr. bibere. See Bib. ] Addicted to drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capax, -acis, fr. capere to take. See Heave. ] 1. Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the capacious recesses of his mind. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal. “A capacious mind.” Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy. ] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court. Blackstone.

Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.

-- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dicax, dicacis, fr. dicere to say. ] Talkative; pert; saucy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. disgracieux. ] Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat. ] Given to eating; voracious; devouring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. Carlyle.

-- E*da"cious*ly, adv. -- E*da"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. eficax, -acis, fr. efficere. See Effect, n. ] Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.

Syn. -- See Effectual.

-- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. the capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
Syn. -- efficacy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf. F. fallacieux. See Fallacy. ] Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning. -- Fal*la"cious*ly, adv. -Fal*la"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. result of a fallacy or error in reasoning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. ferax, -acis, fr. ferre to bear. ] Fruitful; producing abundantly. [ R. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fugax, fugacis, from fugere: cf. F. fugace. See Fugitive. ] 1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as compared with the life of the individual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fugacity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fume. ] Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. furax, -racis thievish, from fur thief. ] Given to theft; thievish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See Grace. ] 1. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty. [ 1913 Webster ]

A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. Neh. ix. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

So hallowed and so gracious in the time. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . .
There was not such a gracious creature born. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.

Syn. -- Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant; merciful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fortunately; luckily. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being gracious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + capacious: cf. L. incapax incapable. ] Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul. Bp. Burnet. -- In`ca*pa"cious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. in- not + efficacious: cf. F. inefficace, L. inefficax. ] Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious . . . to restrain the growth of disorders. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual failure, and inefficacious an habitual impotence to any effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor can it be; for we can not always know whether means are inefficacious till experiment has proved them ineffectual. Inefficacious is therefore sometimes synonymous with ineffectual. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without efficacy or effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + gracious. ] Ungracious; unkind. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. linguax, -acis, loquacious, fr. lingua tongue. ] Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. loquax, -acis, talkative, fr. loqui to speak; cf. Gr. &unr_; to rattle, shriek, shout. ] 1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Speaking; expressive. [ R. ] J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Apt to blab and disclose secrets. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Garrulous; talkative. See Garrulous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a loquacious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Loquacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. malgracieux. ] Not graceful; displeasing. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf. mentiri to lie. ] 1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Men*da"cious*ly, adv. -- Men*da"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. meracus, fr. merus pure, inmixed. ] Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. minax, -acis. See Menace. ] Threatening; menacing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not gracious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere, morsum, to bite. See Morsel. ] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Palatial. [ Obs. ] Graunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. perspicax, -acis, fr. perspicere to look through: cf. F. perspicace. See Perspective. ] 1. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Per`spi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`spi*ca"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pertinax, -acis; per + tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious. ] 1. Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resolute; persevering; constant; steady. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious study. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Obstinate; stubborn; inflexible; unyielding; resolute; determined; firm; constant; steady. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Per`ti*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`ti*na"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pervicax, -acis. ] Obstinate; willful; refractory. [ Obs. ] -- Per`vi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`vi*ca"cious*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. procax, -acis, fr. procare to ask, demand. ] Pert; petulant; forward; saucy. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist. ] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --Pug*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Pug*na"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. High-spirited; rampageous. [ Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. “ The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Thy Lord ] redeem thee quite from Death's rapacious claim Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage. ] 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. [ 1913 Webster ]

Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Shrewd. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. -- Sa*ga"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. salax, -acis, fond of leaping, lustful, fr. salire to leap. See Salient. ] Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sa*la"cious*ly, adv. -- Sa*la"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]