Word Meanings - SEPTEMBRIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792.

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• PARISYLLABIC; PARISYLLABICAL
  Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
• PATRIOTIC
  Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.
• COMMITTAL
  The act of commiting, or the state of being committed; commitment.
• AGENT
  Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. "The body agent." Bacon. (more info) Gr. aka to drive, Skr. aj.
• PARISHEN
  A parishioner. Chaucer.
• COMMITTER
  1. One who commits; one who does or perpetrates. South. 2. A fornicator. T. Decker.
• PARISIAN
  A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.
• AGENTSHIP
  Agency. Beau. & Fl.
• PARISH
  parosse, paroiche, F. paroisse, L. parochia, corrupted fr. paroecia, That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. Cowell. The same district, constituting a civil
• SEPTEMBER
  The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days. (more info) month of the Roman year, which began with March: cf. F. septembre.
• PARISIENNE
  A female native or resident of Paris.
• PARISOLOGY
  The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
• PATRIOTICAL
  Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot. -- Pa`tri*ot"ic*al*ly, adv.
• PARISHIONAL
  Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial. Bp. Hall.
• PARIS
  A plant common in Europe ; herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic. Note: It much resembles the American genus Trillium, but has usually four leaves and a tetramerous flower.
• PARISHIONER
  One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.
• COMMITTABLE
  Capable of being committed.
• COMMITTIBLE
  Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. Sir T. Browne.
• FRENZY
  Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage. All else is towering frenzy and distraction. Addison. The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Shak. Syn. --
• COMMITTEEMAN
  A member of a committee.
• IMPARISYLLABIC
  Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.
• INTERAGENT
  An intermediate agent.
• INTERCOMPARISON
  Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.
• COMPARISON
  The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. (more info) 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
• FISSIPARISM
  Reproduction by spontaneous fission.
• SUBCOMMITTEE
  An under committee; a part or division of a committee. Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad . . . those orders were commonly disobeyed. Milton.
• NONCOMMITTAL
  A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
• SUBAGENT
  A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty.