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A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins. F. Lieder.

The art of mangonizing, or setting off to advantage. [Obs.]

The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichæans.

action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only…

The theory or practice of Marconi's wireless telegraph system.

A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors and antitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista Marini (1569-1625). -- Ma*ri"nist (#), n.

The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war. [Obs.]

The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.

iews and tenets. The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the materialism of Epicurus. Buckminster.

A maudlin state. Dickens.

The Zoroastrian religion.

ement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.

and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also medievalism.]

Same as Medi, Medi, etc.

evelopment of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.

The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement. J. Sully.

A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.

Same as Mephitis, 1.

The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of mercury, or by exposure to its fumes, as in mining or smelting.

A communication of news; an announcement. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.