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Avidious
Avidious A*vid"i*ous, a.
Avid.
Avidiously
Avidiously A*vid"i*ous*ly, adv.
Eagerly; greedily.
Desidious
Desidiose De*sid"i*ose`, Desidious De*sid"i*ous, a. [L.
desidiosus, fr. desidia a sitting idle, fr. desid?re to sit
idle; de- + sed?re to sit.]
Idle; lazy. [Obs.]
Desidiousness
Desidiousness De*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent. [Obs.]
--N. Bacon.
FastidiousFastidious Fas*tid"i*ous, a. [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr.
fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of
uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. Tedious, Fash.]
Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with
difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a
fastidious appetite.
Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. --Young.
Syn: Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious.
Usage: Fastidious, Squeamish. We call a person fastidious
when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling
defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is
excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also
when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty.
``Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to
be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and
scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish.' --Crabb. --
Fas*tid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Fas*tid"i*ous*ness, n. FastidiouslyFastidious Fas*tid"i*ous, a. [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr.
fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of
uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. Tedious, Fash.]
Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with
difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a
fastidious appetite.
Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. --Young.
Syn: Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious.
Usage: Fastidious, Squeamish. We call a person fastidious
when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling
defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is
excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also
when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty.
``Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to
be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and
scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish.' --Crabb. --
Fas*tid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Fas*tid"i*ous*ness, n. FastidiousnessFastidious Fas*tid"i*ous, a. [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr.
fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of
uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. Tedious, Fash.]
Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with
difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a
fastidious appetite.
Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. --Young.
Syn: Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious.
Usage: Fastidious, Squeamish. We call a person fastidious
when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling
defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is
excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also
when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty.
``Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to
be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and
scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish.' --Crabb. --
Fas*tid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Fas*tid"i*ous*ness, n. InsidiousInsidious In*sid"i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]
1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. ``The insidious witch.' --Cowper.
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n. Insidious diseaseInsidious In*sid"i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]
1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. ``The insidious witch.' --Cowper.
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n. InsidiouslyInsidious In*sid"i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]
1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. ``The insidious witch.' --Cowper.
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n. InsidiousnessInsidious In*sid"i*ous, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]
1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. ``The insidious witch.' --Cowper.
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*sid"i*ous*ness, n. InvidiousInvidious In*vid"i*ous, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
See Envy, and cf. Envious.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy;
hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the
preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
--Broome.
-- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n. InvidiouslyInvidious In*vid"i*ous, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
See Envy, and cf. Envious.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy;
hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the
preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
--Broome.
-- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n. InvidiousnessInvidious In*vid"i*ous, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
See Envy, and cf. Envious.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy;
hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the
preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
--Broome.
-- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n. Iridious
Iridious I*rid"i*ous, a. (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to iridium; -- applied specifically to
compounds in which iridium has a low valence.
Ophidious
Ophidious O*phid"i*ous, a.
Ophidian.
Parricidious
Parricidious Par`ri*cid"i*ous, a.
Parricidal. [Obs.]
Perfidious
Perfidious Per*fid"i*ous (p[~e]r*f[i^]d"[i^]*[u^]s; 277), a.
[L. perfidious.]
1. Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to
trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a
perfidious friend. --Shak.
2. Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. ``Involved in
this perfidious fraud.' --Milton.
Perfidiously
Perfidiously Per*fid"i*ous*ly, adv.
In a perfidious manner.
Perfidiousness
Perfidiousness Per*fid"i*ous*ness, n.
The quality of being perfidious; perfidy. --Clarendon.
Splendidious
Splendidious Splen*did"i*ous, a.
Splendid. [Obs.]
Stillicidious
Stillicidious Stil`li*cid"i*ous, a.
Falling in drops. [Obs.]
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