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‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'afrodi`sia sexual pleasure, 'Afrodi`th the goddess of love. ] (Med.) Absence of sexual appetite. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'afrodisiako`s pertaining to venery. ] (Med.) Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ a. [ Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac. ] (Med.) Capable of blunting the sexual appetite. -- n. Anything that reduces the sexual appetite. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ Gr. 'anafro`dito`s without love. ] (Biol.) Produced without concourse of sexes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + E. diœcious. ] (Bot.) Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- An`dro*di*œ"cism, -di*e"cism n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An antaphroditic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. 'Afrodi`th Aphrodite: cf. F. antaphroditique. ] (Med.) 1. Antaphrodisiac. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Antisyphilitic. [ R. ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) stimulate sexual desire. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; pertaining to sensual love, fr. &unr_;. See Aphrodite. ] Exciting venereal desire; stimulating the desire for sexual gratification. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. “Aphrodisian dames” [ that is, courtesans ]. C. Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Venereal. [ R. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; well articulated; 'a`rqron a joint + &unr_; shape. ] (Anat.) A form of diarthrodial articulation in which the articular surfaces are nearly flat, so that they form only an imperfect ball and socket. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to arthrodia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of white egrets.
Syn. -- genus Casmerodius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Corrode. ] To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [ Obs. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being corrodible. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being corroded; corrosible. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; in + &unr_;. See Arthrodia. ] (Anat.) See Enarthrosis. -- En`ar*thro"di*al, a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gastro- + disc. ] (Biol.) That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hermaphrodisme. ] (Biol.) See Hermaphroditism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hermaphroditus, Gr. &unr_;, so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite. ] (Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. Totten.

{ } a. 1. (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal; characterized by hermaphroditism. Opposite of dioecious. [ wns=1 ]-- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Syn. -- monoecious, monecious, hermaphrodite. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2. Specifically: (Botany) having pistils and stamens in the same flower. Opposite of diclinous. [wns=2]
Syn. -- monoclinous. [WordNet 1.5]

n. (Biol.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

prop. n. (Jewish Hist.) One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'erwdio`s a heron. ] (Zool.) A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. -- He*ro`di*o"nine a. [1913 Webster]

a. Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Macro- + diagonal. ] (Crystallog.) The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; pearl-like. ] (Min.) A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. parodique. ] Having the character of parody. [ 1913 Webster ]

Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. parodiste. ] One who writes a parody; one who parodies. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prodigus, from prodigere to drive forth, to squander away; pro forward, forth + agere to drive; cf. F. prodigue. See Agent. ] Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

In fighting fields [ patriots ] were prodigal of blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See Profuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift. “Noble prodigals of life.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prodigalité, L. prodigalitas. See Prodigal. ] Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.“The prodigality of his wit.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To expend lavishly. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows;
Our paths with flowers she prodigally strows. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To squander. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prodigentia, fr. prodigens, p. pr. of prodigere. See Prodigal. ] Waste; profusion; prodigality. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [ Obs. or R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. “Prodigious might.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased. [ Colloq. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Prodigies [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. Adage. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies. [ 1913 Webster ]

So many terrors, voices, prodigies,
May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. proditio, from prodere to give forth, betray: cf. OF. prodition. ] Disclosure; treachery; treason. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]