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which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways. He [Roger de Coverley] . . . was a great humorist in all parts of his life. Addison.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.

Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress. [Political Cant, U.S.]

A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism.

Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name. The hypocoristic or pet form of William. Dr. Murray.

y, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness. Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. Rambler. Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld (Trans. ).

Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.

The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility. "The imperishability of the universe." Milman.

Not perisha ble; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduringpermanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown. -- Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"ish*a*bly, adv.

To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

One who, or that which, impoverishes.

The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott.

To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. He imprisoned was in chains remediles. Spenser.

One who imprisons.

The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the pu…

The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.

Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.

Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.

Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.

An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors. Tennyson.