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Acanthopterygious
Acanthopterygious Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike;
spiny-finned.
Ambagious
Ambagious Am*ba"gious, a. [L. ambagiosus.]
Circumlocutory; circuitous. [R.]
Anticontagious
Anticontagious An`ti*con*ta"gious, a. (Med.)
Opposing or destroying contagion.
ContagiousContagious Con*ta"gious, a. [L. contagiosus: cf. F.
contagieux.]
1. (Med.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily
exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
2. Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous;
as, contagious air.
3. Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting
similar emotions or conduct in others.
His genius rendered his courage more contagious.
--Wirt.
The spirit of imitation is contagious. --Ames.
Syn: Contagious, Infectious.
Usage: These words have been used in very diverse senses;
but, in general, a contagious disease has been
considered as one which is caught from another by
contact, by the breath, by bodily effluvia, etc.;
while an infectious disease supposes some entirely
different cause acting by a hidden influence, like the
miasma of prison ships, of marshes, etc., infecting
the system with disease. ``This distinction, though
not universally admitted by medical men, as to the
literal meaning of the words, certainly applies to
them in their figurative use. Thus we speak of the
contagious influence of evil associates; their
contagion of bad example, the contagion of fear, etc.,
when we refer to transmission by proximity or contact.
On the other hand, we speak of infection by bad
principles, etc., when we consider anything as
diffused by some hidden influence. Contagious disease
Contagious disease Con*ta"gious dis*ease" (Med.)
A disease communicable by contact with a patient suffering
from it, or with some secretion of, or object touched by,
such a patient. Most such diseases have already been proved
to be germ diseases, and their communicability depends on the
transmission of the living germs. Many germ diseases are not
contagious, some special method of transmission or
inoculation of the germs being required.
Contagiously
Contagiously Con*ta"gious*ly, adv.
In a contagious manner.
Contagiousness
Contagiousness Con*ta"gious*ness, n.
Quality of being contagious.
Egregiously
Egregiously E*gre"gious*ly, adv.
Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.
Egregiousness
Egregiousness E*gre"gious*ness (?; 277), n.
The state of being egregious.
Irreligiously
Irreligiously Ir`re*li"gious*ly, adv.
In an irreligious manner.
Irreligiousness
Irreligiousness Ir`re*li"gious*ness, n.
The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
LitigiousLitigious Li*ti"gious, a. [L. litigiosus, fr. litigium
dispute, quarrel, fr. litigare: cf. F. litigieux. See
Litigation.]
1. Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of
contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of
litigation. `` A pettifogging attorney or a litigious
client.' --Macaulay.
Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still
Litigious men, who guarrels move. --Donne.
2. Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible;
debatable; doubtful; precarious. --Shak.
No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds,
Distinguished acres of litigious grounds. --Dryden.
3. Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar. --Young. Litigiously
Litigiously Li*ti"gious*ly, adv.
In a litigious manner.
Litigiousness
Litigiousness Li*ti"gious*ness, n.
The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or
carry on lawsuits.
Malacopterygious
Malacopterygious Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*ous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Belonging to the Malacopterygii.
NoncontagiousNoncontagious Non`con*ta"gious, a.
Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. --
Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n. NoncontagiousnessNoncontagious Non`con*ta"gious, a.
Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. --
Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n. Oragious
Oragious O*ra"gious, a. [F. orageux.]
Stormy. [R.]
Osteopterygious
Osteopterygious Os`te*op`ter*yg"i*ous, a. [Osteo- Gr. ? a
fin.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.
PhalangiousPhalangious Pha*lan"gi*ous, a. [L. phalangium a kind of
venomous spider, Gr. ?, fr. ? a spider. Cf. Phalanx.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to Phalangoidea. Presagious
Presagious Pre*sa"gious, a.
Foreboding; ominous. [Obs.]
Prestigious
Prestigious Pres*tig"i*ous, a. [L. praestigiosus.]
Practicing tricks; juggling. [Obs.] --Cotton Mather.
ProdigiousProdigious Pro*di"gious, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a
prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy.]
1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful;
portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser.
It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky.
--Sir T.
Browne.
2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very
great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a
prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. ``Prodigious
might.' --Milton.
Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous;
amazing; astonishing; extraordinary. Prodigiously
Prodigiously Pro*di"gious*ly, adv.
1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously
great.
2. Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased.
[Colloq.] --Pope.
Prodigiousness
Prodigiousness Pro*di"gious*ness, n.
The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having
qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness;
vastness.
RagiousRagious Ra"gious, a.
Raging; furious; rageful. [Obs.] -- Ra"gious*ness, n.
[Obs.] RagiousnessRagious Ra"gious, a.
Raging; furious; rageful. [Obs.] -- Ra"gious*ness, n.
[Obs.] Ramagious
Ramagious Ra*ma"gi*ous, a.
Wild; not tame. [Obs.]
Now is he tame that was so ramagious. --Remedy of
Love.
Regious
Regious Re"gi*ous (-j?*?s), a. [L. regius royal, fr. rex,
regis, king.]
Regal; royal. [Obs.] --Harrington.
Religious
Religious Re*li"gious, n.
A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular
concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk
or friar; a nun. --Addison.
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