Word Meanings - HEADNOTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.
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- OPINIONATOR
An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. South. - INVOLVEDNESS
The state of being involved. - ABSTRACTION
The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or - COURTESAN
A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton. (more info) courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It. cortigiana, or Sp. - SHOWROOM
A room or apartment where a show is exhibited. 2. A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed. - SHOWILY
In a showy manner; pompously; with parade. - OPINIONATE
Opinionated. - COURT TENNIS
See TENNIS - COURT-CUPBOARD
A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak. - ABSTRACTEDLY
In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind. - COURTEPY
A short coat of coarse cloth. Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer. - COURTBRED
Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly. - SHOWING
1. Appearance; display; exhibition. 2. Presentation of facts; statement. J. S. Mill. - SHOWER
1. One who shows or exhibits. 2. That which shows; a mirror. Wyclif. - SHOWMAN
One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show. - COURTESANSHIP
Harlotry. - COURT-MARTIAL
A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law. - ABSTRACTITIOUS
Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb. - ABSTRACTNESS
The quality of being abstract. "The abstractness of the ideas." Locke. - COURTLIKE
After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly. - VARIETY SHOW
A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often loosely called vaudeville show. - RAREE-SHOW
A show carried about in a box; a peep show. Pope. - OUTCOURT
An outer or exterior court. The skirts and outcourts of heaven. South. - THUNDERSHOWER
A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.