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LIMPKIN n.
cies of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird.…
LIMPNESS n.
The quality or state of being limp.
LIMPSY; LIMSY a.
Limp; flexible; flimsy. [Local, U. S.]
MISIMPROVE v.
To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as, to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc. South.
MISIMPROVEMENT n.
Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
NEOIMPRESSIONISM; POINTILLISM n.
a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others. Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced…
NONIMPORTATION n.
Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
NONIMPORTING a.
Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.
PALIMPSEST n.
A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. Longfellow.
PIMP n. 2 definitions
One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. Swift.
PIMPERNEL n.
times purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather. Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.
PIMPILLO n.
A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.
PIMPINEL n.
The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.
PIMPING a. 2 definitions
Little; petty; pitiful. [Obs.] Crabbe.
PIMPLE n. 2 definitions
ed elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not. "All eyes can see a pimple on her nose." Pope.
PIMPLED a.
Having pimples. Johnson.
PIMPLY a.
Pimpled.
PIMPSHIP n.
The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp. [R.]
POST-IMPRESSIONISM n.
ave in common a tendency to reaction against the scientific and naturalistic character of impressionism and neo- impressionism. In a strict sense the term post-impressionism is used to denote the effort at self-expression, rather than representation, shown in the work of Cézanne, Matisse, etc.; but it is more broadly u…
PRETERIMPERFECT a.
Old name of the tense also called imperfect.
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