Webster's Dictionary 1913

4564

Moneyer

Mon″ey‐er (?), n. [From Money; cf. OF. monoier, F. monnoayeur, L. monetarius a master of the mint. Cf. Monetary.] 1. A person who deals in money; banker or broker.2. An authoriz...

4565

Moneyless

Mon″ey‐less, a. Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious. Swift.

4566

Moneywort

Mon″ey‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.

4567

Mongcorn

Mong″corn′ (?), n. See Mangcorn.

4568

Monger

Mon″ger (?), n. [AS. mangere, fr. mangian to trade; akin to Icel. manga to trade, mangari a trader, OHG. mangari, mengari; cf. L. mango a dealer in slaves.] 1. A trader; a deale...

4569

Monger (2)

Mon″ger, v. t. To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; — used chiefly of discreditable traffic.

4570

Mongol

Mon″gol (?), n. One of the Mongols. — a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.

4571

Mongolian

Mon‐go″li‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. — n. One of the Mongols.

4572

Mongolic

Mon‐gol″ic (?), a. See Mongolian.

4573

Mongoloid

Mon″go‐loid (?), a. [Mongol + -oid.] Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. Huxley.

4574

Mongols

{ Mon″gols (?), Mon‐go″li‐ans (?) }, n. pl.(Ethnol.) One of the great races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia, with...

4575

Mongoose

{ Mon″goose, Mon″goos } (?), n.(Zoöl.) A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossar...

4576

Mongoose (2)

Mon″goose (?), n.; pl. Mongooses (#). [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos).

4577

Mongrel

Mon″grel (?), n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.] The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic a...

4578

Mongrel (2)

Mon″grel, a. 1. (Zoöl.) Not of a pure breed.2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

4579

Mongrelize

Mon″grel‐ize (?), v. t. & i. To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels.

4580

Monied

Mon″ied (?), a. See Moneyed.

4581

Monifier

Mo‐nif″i‐er (?), n. [NL., fr. L. monile necklace + ferre to bear.] (Paleon.) A fossil fish.

4582

Moniliales

‖Mo‐nil′i‐a″les (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. monile necklace, — because the conidia are produced in chains.] (Bot.) The largest of the three orders into which the Fungi Imperfecti a...

4583

Moniliform

Mo‐nil″i‐form (?), a. [L. monile necklace + -form: cf. F. moniliforme.] (Biol.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a monilifor...

4584

Moniment

Mon″i‐ment (?), n. [L. monimentum, monumentum. See Monument.] Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record. Spenser.

4585

Monish

Mon″ish (?), v. t. [OE. monesten. See Admonish, Monition.] To admonish; to warn. See Admonish. Ascham.

4586

Monisher

Mon″ish‐er (?), n. One who monishes; an admonisher.

4587

Monishment

Mon″ish‐ment (?), n. Admonition.

4588

Monism

Mon″ism (mŏn″ĭz'm or mō″nĭz'm), n. [From Gr. μόνοσ single.] 1. (Metaph.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; — the opposite of du...

4589

Monism (2)

Mon″ism (?), n. The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self-inclusive structure.Monism means that the whole of reality, i.e., everything that is, ...

4590

Monist

Mon″ist, n. A believer in monism.