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MORDANT v. 6 definitions
To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.
MORDANTLY adv.
In the manner of a mordant.
MUHAMMADAN; MUHAMMEDAN a.
Mohammedan.
MUHAMMADANISM n.
Mohammedanism.
MUNDANE a.
Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv. The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor.
MUNDANITY n.
Worldliness. [Obs.]
NONATTENDANCE n.
A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.
NONREGARDANCE n.
Want of due regard; disregard; slight. [Obs.] Shak.
NOTIDANIAN n.
Any one of several species of sharks of the family Notidanidæ, or Hexanchidæ. Called also cow sharks. See Shark.
OFFENDANT n.
An offender. [R.] Holland.
OPPIDAN a. 3 definitions
Of or pertaining to a town. Howell.
OUTRECUIDANCE n.
Excessive presumption. [R.] B. Jonson.
PANDANUS n.
A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.
PEDANEOUS a.
Going on foot; pedestrian. [R.]
PEDANT n. 2 definitions
A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] Dryden. A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. Shak.
PEDANTIC; PEDANTICAL a.
Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation. "Figures pedantical." Shak.
PEDANTICALLY adv.
In a pedantic manner.
PEDANTICLY adv.
Pedantically. [R.]
PEDANTISM n.
The office, disposition, or act of a pedant; pedantry. [Obs.]
PEDANTIZE v.
To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [R.]
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