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The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.

Diplomacy. [R.]

A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat. In ability, Avaux had no superior among the numerous able diplomatics whom his country then possessed. Macaulay.

An excessive admiration of what is French. -- Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac, n.

See Alomancy.

A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.

Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have. Crabb.

A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. Quain.

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata.

A lover of learning; a scholar. Chesterfield.

A philomath.

Of or pertaining to philomathy.

The love of learning or letters.

An abnormal or excessive production of leaves.

A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.

Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.

Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.

Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.

To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude.

A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.