Word Meanings - LADY-KILLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. "A renowned dandy and lady-killer." Blackw. Mag.

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• BLACKWATER STATE
  Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
• RENOWNED
  Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.
• GALLANTLY
  In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
• DANDY
  dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. A small sail carried at or near the
• RENOWNEDLY
  With renown.
• HEARTSWELLING
  Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
• RENOWNLESS
  Without renown; inglorius.
• RENOWNER
  One who gives renown.
• DANDYLING
  A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.
• HEARTSOME
  Merry; cheerful; lively.
• HEARTSEED
  A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.
• BLACKWOOD
  A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia. Balfour.
• GALLANTNESS
  The quality of being gallant.
• DANDYISE; DANDYIZE
  To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.
• BLACKWORK
  Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths. Knight.
• WOMEN
  pl. of Woman.
• KILLER
  A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known. Note: The killers have a high dorsal fin, and powerful jaws armed with large, sharp teeth. They capture, and swallow entire, large numbers of seals, porpoises, and
• HEARTSICK
  Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.
• RENOWN
  1. The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense. Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. Dryden.
• HEARTSTRING
  A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. Shak. Sobbing, as if a hearstring broke. Moore.
• MULE KILLER
  Any of several arthropods erroneously supposed to kill live stock, in the southern United States, by stinging or by being swallowed; as: A whip scorpion. A walking-stick insect. A mantis. A wheel bug.
• HANDY-DANDY
  A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit. Piers Plowman.
• IRRENOWNED
  Not renowned.
• YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which