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DILETTANTEISM n.
The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
DILETTANTISM n.
Same as Dilettanteism. F. Harrison.
DIMORPHISM n. 2 definitions
or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly. Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. Darwin.
DIOECISM n.
The condition of being dioecious.
DIORISM n.
Definition; logical direction. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
DIPLOMATISM n.
Diplomacy. [R.]
DIPRISMATIC a.
Doubly prismatic.
DISMAIL v.
To divest of coat of mail. Spenser.
DISMAL a. 2 definitions
Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky. [Obs.] An ugly fiend more foul than dismal day. Spenser.
DISMALLY adv.
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
DISMALNESS n.
The quality of being dismal; gloominess.
DISMAN v.
To unman. [Obs.] Feltham.
DISMANTLE v. 3 definitions
d equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship. A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. Macaulay.
DISMARCH v.
To march away. [Obs.]
DISMARRY v.
To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
DISMARSHAL v.
To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] Drummond.
DISMASK v.
To divest of a mask. Shak.
DISMAST v.
To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.
DISMASTMENT n.
The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.] Marshall.
DISMAW v.
To eject from the maw; to disgorge. [R.] Shelton.
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