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æsthete
æsthete (ˈɛsθiːt, ˈiːsθiːt) [ad. Gr. αἰσθητής one who perceives; cf. athlete.] One who professes a special appreciation of what is beautiful, and endeavours to carry his ideas of beauty into practical manifestation. Cf. æsthetic a. 4 and n. 3.1881 Burnand in Daily News 31 Jan. 2/3 The matter-of-fact...
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megalæsthete
megalæsthete Biol. (mɛgəˈliːsθiːt) [f. Gr. µεγαλο- great + αἰσθητής ‘one who perceives’ (here used for ‘organ of sense’).] A supposed tactile organ occupying the megalopore of chitons.1884 Moseley in Rep. Brit. Assoc. (1885) 781 A series of elongate cylindrical organs of touch (‘megalæsthetes’). 188...
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micræsthete
micræsthete Biol. (maɪˈkrɛsθiːt) [f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + αἰσθητής ‘one who perceives’ (here used for ‘organ of sense’).] One of the numerous supposed tactile organs occupying the small pores (micropores) in the dorsal plates of certain chitons.1884 Moseley in Rep. Brit. Assoc. (1885) 781 These megal...
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æsthetic
æsthetic, a. and n. (ɛsˈθɛtɪk: see below) Also esthetic. [mod. ad. Gr. αἰσθητικ-ός, of or pertaining to αἰσθητά, things perceptible by the senses, things material (as opposed to νοητά things thinkable or immaterial), also ‘perceptive, sharp in the senses’; f. vb. stem αἰσθε- ‘feel, apprehend by the ...
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m'
m' = my poss. adj.1712 [see my poss. adj. 1 β]. 1837 J. F. Cooper England II. xii. 51, I take it, the polite way of pronouncing this word is by a sort of elision—as m'horse, m'dog, m'gun. Ibid., I think more noble peers, however, said ‘me lurds’, than ‘m' lurds’. 1852 Dickens Bleak Ho. (1853) i. 4 ‘...
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long-hair
ˈlong-hair, n. Also longhair. [f. long a.1 + hair n.] 1. A cat with long fur. Also attrib.1893 J. Jennings Domestic or Fancy Cats ii. 6 The several varieties which range under Long-hair embrace Persian, Angora, Chinese, Indian, French, and Russian. 1935 E. B. Simmons Cats xxviii. 143 The long-hair s...
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