*doni*

a. [ F. adonique: cf. L. Adonius. ] Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty. -- n. An Adonic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adonic verse, a verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee (-- ˘ ˘ | -- --). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., gr. Gr. 'A`dwnis. ] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A preëminently beautiful young man; a dandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. ădōnāi my Lords. ] One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated “Jehovah” are really the vowel points of the word “Adonai.” See Jehovist. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. adoniser, fr. Adonis. ] To beautify; to dandify. [ 1913 Webster ]

I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozing myself. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of feather stars; formerly called family Comatulidae.
Syn. -- family Antedonidae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. See Chalcedonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to chalcedony. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Celandine. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chelidonic acid, a weak acid extracted from the celandine (Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genu having only one species; the greater celandine.
Syn. -- genus Chelidonium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. (sc. lapillus.) ] A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia.
Syn. -- genus Cladonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of plants including the quince.
Syn. -- genus Cydonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. So called in allusion to the classical story of Dido and the bull's hide. ] (Geom.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Tait.

n. [ Tamil t&unr_;nī. ] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [ Written also dhony, doney, and done. ] Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. donum gift + -ferous. ] Bearing gifts. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; pleasure, &unr_; sweet, pleasant. ] 1. Pertaining to pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hedonic sect a sect that placed the highest good in the gratification of the senses, -- called also Cyrenaic sect, (which see), and School of Aristippus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Philos.) That branch of moral philosophy which treats of the relation of duty to pleasure; the science of practical, positive enjoyment or pleasure. J. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The doctrine of the Hedonic sect; the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The ethical theory which finds the explanation and authority of duty in its tendency to give pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in hedonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hedonic, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To imitate the manner of the people of London. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. The ancient kingdom of Phillip II and Alexander the Great in the Southeastern Balkans that is now part of Greece, Bulgaria and the independent republic of Macedonia that was part of the former Yugoslavia.
Syn. -- Macedonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The modern republic of Macedonia, population 2, 033, 964, which was formerly one of the constituent republics of Yugoslavia. It became independent on November 17, 1991, after a referendum held on September 9, 1991. Its capital city is Skopje. The currency is the Denar. The ethnic composition is approximately 65% Macedonians, 21.73% Albanians, 3.79 Turks, 2.56% Romanians, 2.10% Serbs, and 0.38% Vlachs. Its language is Macedonian, which uses the Cyrillic alphabet. Its second largest city is Bitola (pop. 84, 002).
At independence in 1991 a new Constitution was adopted, which proclaimed the Republic of Macedonia a sovereign and independent state. On april 8, 1993, the Republic of Macedonia became a member of the United Nations Organization. Due to the pressure of Greece, which was concerned about possible claims on part of its territory, it was admitted under the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The Republic of Macedonia is situated in the center of the the Balkan Peninsula and has a unique strategic position at the junction of the main routes which have for millenia linked the West to the Orient. It covers an area of 25, 713 square killometres and borders with Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, Albania to the west and Serbia to the north. With the 1913 treaty of Bucharest, the territory of Macedonia, mainly populated with macedonians, was divided between Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria. Vardar Macedonia (the territory of today's Republic of Macedonia) became part of the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia - which existed until 1941. The larger part of Macedonia, geographically known as Aegean Macedonia, covering an area of 34, 356 sqare kilometres, was incorporated into Greece. The territory of Pirin Macedonia (6, 798 sqare kilometres) was assigned to Bulgaria.
In World War II Macedonians started to struggle against the fascist occupiers on October 11, 1941. The First Session of ASNOM (The Anti-Fascist Assembly of the National Liberation of Macedonia) was held on August 2, 1944. It finally crowned the process of the historical establishment of the Macedonian state and was the basis for its soveregnity, and integrity. Macedonia (Socialistic Republic of Macedonia) became part of Tito's Yugoslavia and remained part until independence in 1991. Goce Vasilevski [ PJC ]

3. A region in northern Greece with its capital at Thessalonica. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. Macedonius, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Geog.) Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Macedonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines of Macedonius. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or like, myrmidons. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to pardon; having or exercising the right to pardon; willing to pardon; merciful; as, the pardoning power; a pardoning God. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. fanero`s evident + kw`dwn a bell. ] (Zool.) Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "ro`don the rose. ] (Min.) Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. sardonien. ] Sardonic. [ Obs. ] “With Sardonian smile.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, perhaps fr. &unr_; to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant of Sardinia, Gr. &unr_;, which was said to screw up the face of the eater. ] Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sardonic grin or
Sardonic laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]