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climacter
† climacter Obs. [a. Gr. κλῑµακτήρ round of a ladder, definite or critical period of a man's life, f. κλίµαξ ladder + -τηρ suffix of agent and agency.] A climacteric year or epoch.1609 C. Butler Fem. Mon. (1634) 30 The sixty-third year of man's age..called climactericall (because it ariseth of nine ...
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climacterian
climacˈterian nonce-wd. [f. climacter + -ian; associated in sense with climax.] One who uses the rhetorical figure climax.a 1734 North Exam. i. i. §18. (1740) 23 Observe the Author's steps continually rising; we shall find him on many Occasions a great Climacterian.
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sputaminous
† spuˈtaminous, a. Obs. rare. [f. L. spūtāmin-, spūtāmen, f. spūtāre to spit.] Of the nature of spittle; characterized by the presence or flow of saliva.1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 25 b/2 They retayne in them a certayne sputaminous humiditye which descendeth out of the heade. Ibid. 51/1...
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climacteric
climacteric, a. and n. (klaɪmækˈtɛrɪk, -ˈæktərɪk) Forms: α. 7 cly-, climacterike, -ique, -ick(e, 7–9 climacterick, 7– -ic. β. 7 clymaterick(e, 8–9 climaterick, -ic. [ad. L. clīmactēric-us, a. Gr. κλῑµακτηρικός climacteric, of the nature of a critical epoch, f. κλῑµακτήρ climacter. The F. climatériqu...
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pot-hanger
† ˈpot-ˌhanger Obs. [f. pot n.1 + hanger2.] A device for hanging a pot or kettle over the fire; a series of links, a rack, or a bar with a series of holes, on which a pot-hook or crook could be hung at different heights; = hanger2 4 d. Mostly in pl.1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Cramaillére, the po...
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climate
▪ I. climate, n. (ˈklaɪmət) Forms: 4–7 climat, clymat, (5 pl. clematis), 6–7 clymate, 6– climate. [a. F. climat (pl. in 14th c. climas), ad. late L. clima, climat- climate, region, a. Gr. κλίµα, κλίµατ- inclination or slope, f. kli- root of κλίν-ειν to slope, lean, incline. The meaning passed in Gre...
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step
▪ I. step, n.1 (stɛp) Forms: α. 1 stæpe, 1–2 pl. stapas, 3–4 stape, (3 pl. stapen), 4–5 stap(pe, 6 stapp, pl. stapys, (7 stiape), 9 Sc. stap. β. 1 stępe, 2–3 steape, 3–5 stepe. γ. 1 pl. steppan, 3–7 stepp(e, (6 pl. steppen), 3– step. [OE. stæpe, stępe str. masc.:—OTeut. type *stapi-z, f. root *stap-...
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round
▪ I. round, n.1 (raʊnd) Forms: α. 4 roonde, 6 Sc. ronde, runde, 9 Sc. roond; 5 rownde, 5–7 rownd; 5–6 rounde (6 rovnde), 6– round (7 rovnd). β. 5–7 rowne, 5 rown, 8–9 dial. roun', roon'. [Partly a. F. rond masc. or ronde fem., and partly absolute uses of round a. Cf. Du. rond, Da. and Sw. rund, G. r...
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