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2,867 words match “DIT”

ODDITY n. 2 definitions
The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like. That infinitude of oddities in him. Sterne.
ON DIT n. 2 definitions
A flying report; rumor; as, it is a mere on dit.
OROTUNDITY n.
The orotund mode of intonation.
PAGODITE n.
Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.
PALLIDITY n.
Pallidness; paleness.
PANDIT n.
See Pundit.
PAVIDITY n.
Timidity. [R.]
PELLUCIDITY; PELLUCIDNESS n.
quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air. Locke.
PERDITION n. 2 definitions
oul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. Shak. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. J. M. Mason.
PERDITIONABLE a.
Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. [R.] Pollok.
PERICARDITUS n.
Inflammation of the pericardium. Dunglison.
PLACIDITY n.
The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity. Hawthorne.
PLAUDIT n.
A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed. Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. Longfellow.
PLAUDITORY a.
Applauding; commending.
PRECONDITION n.
A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
PREMEDITATE v. 3 definitions
k on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery. With words premeditated thus he said. Dryden.
PREMEDITATELY adv.
With premeditation. Burke.
PREMEDITATION n.
The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.
PRODITION n.
Disclosure; treachery; treason. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
PRODITOR n.
A traitor. [Obs.]
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