AESTHETE | • aesthete n. (Often derogatory) Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature… • æsthete n. Obsolete form of aesthete. • AESTHETE n. a person who affects an extravagant love of art. |
ANTITHET | • antithet n. (Archaic) An antithetic or contrasted statement. • ANTITHET n. an instance of antithesis. |
ATHETISE | • athetise v. Britain standard spelling of athetize. • ATHETISE v. in textual criticism, to reject (a passage) as spurious, also ATHETIZE. |
ATHETIZE | • athetize v. (Linguistics, transitive) To reject a passage of text as spurious. • ATHETIZE v. in textual criticism, to reject (a passage) as spurious, also ATHETISE. |
ATHETOID | • athetoid adj. (Medicine) characterised by athetosis. • ATHETOID adj. showing symptoms of athetosis, nervous twitching of digits and extremities. |
BATHETIC | • bathetic adj. Characterized by or pertaining to bathos. • BATHETIC adj. characterized by triteness or sentimentalism. |
CATHETER | • catheter n. (Medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend… • CATHETER n. a tube which can be passed into the bladder or other body cavity or canal to allow the draining of fluid. |
CATHETUS | • cathetus n. (Geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right… • CATHETUS n. (Greek) a straight line perpendicular to another straight line or surface. |
ENTHETIC | • enthetic adj. (Medicine) Caused by a morbific pathogen implanted in the system. • ENTHETIC adj. of infectious disease, introduced into the body from outside. |
EPITHETS | • epithets n. Plural of epithet. • EPITHET v. to apply an epithet to. |
ESTHETES | • esthetes n. Plural of esthete. • ESTHETE n. a person who loves beautiful things. |
ESTHETIC | • esthetic adj. (American spelling) Alternative form of aesthetic. • ESTHETIC adj. keenly appreciative of the beautiful, also AESTHETIC, AESTHETICAL, ESTHETICAL. |
PATHETIC | • pathetic adj. Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. • pathetic adj. Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy. • pathetic adj. (Obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate. |
THETCHED | • THETCH v. (Spenser) to thatch. |
THETCHES | • THETCH v. (Spenser) to thatch. |
THETICAL | • thetical adj. Laid down; absolute or positive, like a law. • THETICAL adj. positively asserting, bearing the thesis, also THETIC. |