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AppertinenceAppertinance Ap*per"ti*nance, Appertinence Ap*per"ti*nence,
n.
See Appurtenance. AppertinentAppertinent Ap*per"ti*nent, a.
Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.]
--Coleridge. Appertinent
Appertinent Ap*per"ti*nent, n.
That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Colbertine
Colbertine Col"ber*tine, n. [From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a
minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture
in France.]
A kind of lace. [Obs.]
Pinners edged with colbertine. --Swift.
Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and
colbertine. --Young.
ImpertinenceImpertinence Im*per"ti*nence, n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See
Impertinent.]
1. The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of
pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or
the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of
pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be
understood. --Swift.
3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no
value.
There are many subtile impertinences learned in
schools. --Watts. Impertinency
Impertinency Im*per"ti*nen*cy, n.
Impertinence. [R.]
O, matter and impertinency mixed! Reason in madness!
--Shak.
ImpertinentImpertinent Im*per"ti*nent, a. [F., fr. L. impertinens,
-entis; pref. im- not + pertinens. See Pertinent.]
1. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand;
having no bearing on the subject; not to the point;
irrelevant; inapplicable.
Things that are impertinent to us. --Tillotson.
How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
--Jer. Taylor.
2. Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety
or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude,
unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient
coxcomb; an impertient remark.
3. Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
Syn: Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly;
meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent.
Usage: Impertinent, Officious, Rude. A person is
officious who obtrudes his offices or assistance where
they are not needed; he is impertinent when he
intermeddles in things with which he has no concern.
The former shows a want of tact, the latter a want of
breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer
impudence. A person is rude when he violates the
proprieties of social life either from ignorance or
wantonness. ``An impertinent man will ask questions
for the mere grafication of curiosity; a rude man will
burst into the room of another, or push against his
person, inviolant of all decorum; one who is officious
is quite as unfortunate as he is troublesome; when he
strives to serve, he has the misfortune to annoy.'
--Crabb. See Impudence, and Insolent. Impertinent
Impertinent Im*per"ti*nent, n.
An impertinent person. [R.]
Impertinently
Impertinently Im*per"ti*nent*ly, adv.
In an impertinent manner. ``Not to betray myself
impertinently.' --B. Jonson.
Lacertine
Lacertine La*cer"tine, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Lacertian.
LibertineLibertine Lib"er*tine (-t[i^]n), n. [L. libertinus freedman,
from libertus one made free, fr. liber free: cf. F. libertin.
See Liberal.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the
son of a freedman.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the
fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who
rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and
advocated a community of goods and of women.
3. One free from restraint; one who acts according to his
impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives
rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.
Like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the
primrose path of dalliance treads. --Shak.
4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsoles.] LibertineLibertine Lib"er*tine, a. [L. libertinus of a freedman: cf. F.
libertin. See Libertine, n. ]
1. Free from restraint; uncontrolled. [Obs.]
You are too much libertine. --Beau. & Fl.
2. Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as,
libertine principles or manners. --Bacon. PertinentPertinent Per"ti*nent, a. [L. pertinens, -entis, p. pr. of
pertinere: cf. F. pertinent. See Pertain.]
1. Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit
or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed;
apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations
or arguments; pertinent evidence.
2. Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining. [R.]
``Pertinent unto faith.' --Hooker.
Syn: Apposite; relevant; suitable; appropriate; fit. --
Per"ti*nent*ly, adv. -- Per"ti*nent*ness, n. PertinentlyPertinent Per"ti*nent, a. [L. pertinens, -entis, p. pr. of
pertinere: cf. F. pertinent. See Pertain.]
1. Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit
or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed;
apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations
or arguments; pertinent evidence.
2. Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining. [R.]
``Pertinent unto faith.' --Hooker.
Syn: Apposite; relevant; suitable; appropriate; fit. --
Per"ti*nent*ly, adv. -- Per"ti*nent*ness, n. PertinentnessPertinent Per"ti*nent, a. [L. pertinens, -entis, p. pr. of
pertinere: cf. F. pertinent. See Pertain.]
1. Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit
or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed;
apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations
or arguments; pertinent evidence.
2. Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining. [R.]
``Pertinent unto faith.' --Hooker.
Syn: Apposite; relevant; suitable; appropriate; fit. --
Per"ti*nent*ly, adv. -- Per"ti*nent*ness, n. Travertine
Travertine Trav"er*tine, n. [F. travertin, It. travertino,
tiburtino, L. lapis Tiburtinus, fr. Tibur an ancient town of
Latium, now Tivoli.] (Min.)
A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard
and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of
springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive
deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.
VespertineVespertine Ves"per*tine, a. [L. vespertinus. See Vesper.]
1. Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the
evening. --Gray.
2. (Bot.) Blossoming in the evening.
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