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A movement or piece in andante time.

Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.

A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.

One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity. Lamb.

An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe.

An apophlegmatic. [Obs.]

An appellant. [Obs.] Shak.

Relating to an appeal; appellate. "An appellant jurisdiction." Hallam. Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins.

Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.

One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre. The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.

Appreciative. [R.]

Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law) See under Common, n.

A flying buttress. Gwilt.

The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.

Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. [Obs.]

reëminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward. I discover an arrant laziness in my soul. Fuller.

Notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully. L'Estrange.

Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons. Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. Shak.

In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.