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Word Meanings - ACORN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. (more info) acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran fruit, akrs 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

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  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • SLIGHTNESS
    The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • ACORN
    A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. (more info) acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran fruit, akrs 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
  • SLIGHTEN
    To slight. B. Jonson.
  • ACORN CUP
    The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
  • DISDAINISHLY
    Disdainfully. Vives.
  • DISPARAGEMENT
    1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a
  • DISDAINFUL
    Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
  • SLIGHTINGLY
    In a slighting manner.
  • ACORNED
    1. Furnished or loaded with acorns. 2. Fed or filled with acorns. Shak.
  • DISDAINED
    Disdainful. Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak.
  • SLIGHT
    Sleight. Spenser.
  • OVERLOOK
    1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill. "The pile o'erlooked the town." Dryden. with burning eye did
  • DISREGARD
    Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience. Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore.
  • DISPARAGE
    Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. Chaucer. Dissuaded her from such a disparage. Spenser.
  • DISPARAGER
    One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.
  • DISDAIN
    1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope. Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. Shak. 2.
  • SLIGHTY
    Slight. Echard.
  • SLIGHTER
    One who slights.
  • ACORN-SHELL
    One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
  • GASLIGHT
    1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas. 2. A gas jet or burner.

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