Egilops
Eg″i‐lops (?), n. See Ægilops.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Eg″i‐lops (?), n. See Ægilops.
{ E‐glan″du‐lose′ (?; 135), E‐glan″du‐lous (?), } a. [Pref. e- + glandulose, glandulosus.] Destitute of glands.
Eg″lan‐tine (?), n. [F. églantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. Aglet.] (Bot.) (a) A...
Eg″la‐tere (?), n. Eglantine. [Written also eglantere.] Tennyson.
Eg″ling (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European perch when two years old.
E‐glom″er‐ate (?), v. t. [Pref. e- + glomerate.] To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
E″go (?), n.(Met.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; — opposed to non-ego.
E‐go″i‐cal (?), a. Pertaining to egoism.
E″go‐ism (?), n. [F. égoïsme, fr. L. -ego I. See I, and cf. Egotism.] 1. (Philos.) The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte...
E″go‐ist, n. [F. égoïste. See Egoism.] 1. One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.I, dullard egoist, taking no special recognition of such nobleness. Carlyle.2. (Philos...
{ E′go‐is″tic (?), E′go‐is″tic‐al (?), } a. Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.Ill-natured feeling, or egoistic pleasure in maki...
E′go‐is″tic‐al‐ly, adv. In an egoistic manner.
E‐go″i‐ty (?), n. Personality. Swift.
E″go‐mism (?), n. Egoism. A. Baxter.
E′go‐phon″ic (?), a. Belonging to, or resembling, egophony.
E‐goph″o‐ny (?), n.(Med.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its...
E″go‐the′ism (?), n. [Gr. εγὤ I + θεόσ God.] The deification of self.
E″go‐tism (?; 277), n. [L. ego I + ending -tism for -ism, prob. influenced by other English words in -tism fr. the Greek, where t is not part of the ending, as baptism. See Egoi...
E″go‐tist (?), n. [L. ego I + ending -tist for -ist. See Egotism, and cf. Egoist.] One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or a...
{ E′go‐tis″tic (?), E′go‐tis″tic‐al (?), } a. Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism.Syn. — Conceited; vain; self-important; opinionated.
E′go‐tis″tic‐al‐ly, adv. With egotism.
E″go‐tize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Egotized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Egotizing (?).] [See Egotism.] To talk or write as an egotist. Cowper.
E‐gran″u‐lose′ (?), a. [Pref. e- + granule.] (Bot.) Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. R. Brown.
E″gre (?), a. & n. See Eager, and Eagre.
E‐gre″gious (?; 277), a. [L. egregius; lit., separated or chosen from the herd, i.e., distinguished, excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See Gregarious.] Surpassing; extraord...
E‐gre″gious‐ly (?), adv. Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.
E‐gre″gious‐ness (?; 277), n. The state of being egregious.