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See Lipothymic.

too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. "Lengthy periods." Washington. "Some lengthy additions." Byron. "These would be details too lengthy." Jefferson. "To cut short lengthy explanations." Trench.

Lethean. [Obs.] Marston.

The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents.

Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also leipothymic.]

Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.

A fainting; a swoon. Jer. Taylor.

Easily bent; pliable. Lithy tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum Lantana); -- so named from its tough and flexible stem.

Loathsome. [Obs.] Spenser.

A compound radical forming the base of menthol.

ssential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc. [Formerly written also methule, methyle, etc.] Methyl alcohol (Chem.), a light, volatile, inflammable liquid, CH3.OH, obtained by the distillation of wood, and hence called wood spiri…

ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal.

See Methyl amine, under Methyl.

An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa.

Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits.

t regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly called also methene. Methylene blue (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; -- called also pure blue.

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl; specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under Methyl.

crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin.

Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function. -- Mon`o*path"ic, a.

An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme.