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That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.

Excess; tumult; revelry. [Obs.] His life he led in lawless riotise. Spenser.

A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.

Sooty. Sir T. Browne.

A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.

riple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.

One who makes a vow. [Obs.] Chapman.

Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism. [Colloq. or Cant]

The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

A zealot. [Obs.] Howell.

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

rine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey.

A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis Amazon ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington.

rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.

Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. -- n.

Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [R.] Hare.

Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from another, esp. in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic of certain mental conditions in which expectant belief tends to produce disturbance of function of one or more organs.

Undisguised. " Bald egotism." Lowell.

e red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, a revolutionist; a Red Republican.