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Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.

Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay.

m, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like. [Written also idyll.] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning. H…

The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.

To invest with imperial authority, character, or style; to bring to the form of an empire. Fuller.

In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.

e act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.

Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.

Between antæ; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See Anta.

ny then, says Tacitus, was incult and horrid, now full of magnificent cities. Burton. His style is diffuse and incult. M. W. Shelley.

Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.

t order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant. Milton. It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant. Blair.

Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. Cowper.

ion; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence. "Inimitable force." Dryden. Performing such inimitable feats. Cowper. -- In*im"i*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*im"i*ta*bly, adv.

ollow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc. His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. Addison. The nature of man is intricate. Burke.

Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England. "A Jacobean table." C. L. Eastlake.

s of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist. The characteristic manner of the Jehovist differs from that of his predecessor [the Elohist]. He is fuller and freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more a…

ng by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

Sportive; merry. "Jocular exploits." Cowper. The style is serious and partly jocular. Dryden.