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n.; pl. -mi [ It. & Sp. ] A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It., superl. of forte, adv. See Forte, adv. ] (Mus.) Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., superl. of generale general. See General, a. ] The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. (Music) very slow; very slowly; -- of music tempo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Musmon. ] (Zool.) See Mouflon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. parcimonieux. See Parsimony. ] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving; mean; stingy; frugal. See Avaricious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being parsimonious; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
Syn. -- parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An extreme stinginess.
Syn. -- meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightfistedness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie. ] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Awful parsimony presided generally at the table. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness; closeness; stinginess. See Economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It., superl. of piano. ] (Mus.) Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; near + morfh` form. ] (Crystallog.) The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It., superl. of presto. ] (Mus.) Very quickly; with great rapidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from the first words of the Latin introit, quasi modo geniti infantes as newborn babes, 1 Pet. ii. 2. ] (R. C. Ch.) The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Fiction) The main character in Victor Hugo's novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”. The novel was first published in French under the title “Notre Dame de Paris”. Quasimodo is a deformed and ugly hunchback who is bellringer at the cathedral of Notre Dame during the reign of Louis XI. He rescues a gypsy girl Esmeralda, falsely convicted of a crime and about to be excuted, and carries her to sanctuary in the cathedral. Near the end of the book he dies while again rescuing her from an abductor. In a movie made in 1923 Quasimodo was portrayed by the actor Lon Chaney, whose impressive makeup and superb acting drew many plaudits. His shout of “Sanctuary! Sanctuary!” when rescuing Esmeralda is still sometimes imitated for humorous or dramatic effect. [ PJC ]

n. A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A system of socialism in which the state owns all the property and the laborer is entitled to share according to the quality and amount of his work, founded by Saint Simon (1760-1825); -- called also Saint- Simonianism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ LL. simoniacus. See Simony. ] One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony. -- Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom. J. S. Harford. [1913 Webster]

a. Simoniacal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ See Simony. ] One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Simoniacal. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices simony. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the “real Simon Pure.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit. Acts viii. ] The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Ar. sam&unr_;m, fr. samma to poison. Cf. Samiel. ] A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. simus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Stasima [ NL., from Gr. sta`simon, neut. of sta`simos stationary, steadfast. ] In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics. Liddell & Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. in trigesimo-secundo in the thirty-second. ] Having thirty-two leaves to a sheet; as, a trigesimo-secundo form, book, leaf, size, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or 32°, and called thirty-twomo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vigesimus quartus twenty-fourth. Cf. Duodecimo. ] Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a vigesimo-quarto form, book, leaf, size, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]