Word Meanings - BRIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer

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OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9. 2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.

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• PRINCIPALNESS
  The quality of being principal.
• TRISYLLABIC; TRISYLLABICAL
  Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. -- Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv.
• PRIESTLIKE
  Priestly. B. Jonson.
• TRINE
  The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton. 2. A triad; trinity. A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble.
• TRIPUDIARY
  Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. " Tripudiary augurations." Sir T. Browne.
• TRICLINATE
  Triclinic.
• PRITHEE
  A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I. Shak. What was that scream for, I prithee L'Estrange. Prithee, tell me, Dimple-chin. E. C. Stedman.
• PRIMORDIALLY
  At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
• TRILOBITE
  Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on
• TRIOECIOUS
  Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Trioecia.
• EXPERIENCED
  Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye. The ablest and most experienced statesmen. Bancroft.
• PRINCELESS
  Without a prince. Fuller.
• TRINKETER
  One who trinkets.
• TRIBUNARY
  Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority.
• TRIALITY
  Three united; state of being three. H. Wharton.
• PRIZING
  The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5.
• PRINCIPALITY
  preëminence, excellence: cf. F. principalité, principauté. See 1. Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station. Sir P. Sidney. Your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
• PRIMO
  First; chief.
• TRISKELION; TRISKELE
  A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.
• PRINCIPIA
  First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
• MAISTRE; MAISTRIE; MAISTRY
  Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery. Chaucer.
• PROVENTRIULUS
  The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
• VENTRILOQUY
  See VENTRILOQUISM
• INTRINSICAL
  1. Intrinsic. 2. Intimate; closely familiar. Sir H. Wotton.
• ENTERPRISER
  One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.
• PEDESTRIAN
  Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
• TRAY-TRIP
  An old game played with dice. Shak.
• ANEMOMETRIC; ANEMOMETRICAL
  Of or pertaining to anemometry.
• NAVEL-STRING
  The umbilical cord.
• STRIATUM
  The corpus striatum.
• AIRWOMAN
  A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
• CEPHALOTRIBE
  An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
• FRICATRICE
  A lewd woman; a harlot. B. Jonson.
• ANELECTRIC
  Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. -- n.
• CAPRIPED
  Having feet like those of a goat.