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One who believes in hedonism.

Same as Hedonic, 2.

A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.

Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia. -- n.

The doctrines of Macedonius.

Consisting of, or like, myrmidons. Pope.

pardon; having or exercising the right to pardon; willing to pardon; merciful; as, the pardoning power; a pardoning God.

Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.

Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone.

Sardonic. [Obs.] "With Sardonian smile." Spenser.

-- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will. Sir H. Wotton. The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian. Burke. Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection…

A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe.

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

the high mountain range of "thunder- smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley.

Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. "Fair Adonean Venus." Faber.

A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.

Boustrophedonic.

A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jandice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort. Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria).…

Having a cheek; -- used in composition. "Rose-cheeked Adonis." Shak.