Webster's Dictionary 1913

11611

Sugarplum

Sug″ar‐plum′ (?), n. A kind of candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks.

11612

Sugary

Sug″ar‐y (?), a. 1. Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet. Spenser.2. Fond of sugar or sweet things; as, a sugary palate.

11613

Sugescent

Su‐ges″cent (?), a. [L. sugere to suck.] Of or pertaining to sucking. Paley.

11614

Suggest

Sug‐gest″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suggested (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suggesting.] [L. suggestus, p. p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to br...

11615

Suggest (2)

Sug‐gest″, v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt.And ever weaker grows through acted crime,Or seeming-genial, venial fault,Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.

11616

Suggester

Sug‐gest″er (?), n. One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.

11617

Suggestion

Sug‐ges″tion (?), n. [F. suggestion, L. suggestio.] 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.2. That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a differ...

11618

Suggestion (2)

Sug‐ges″tion (?), n.(Hypnotism) The control of the mind of an hypnotic subject by ideas in the mind of the hypnotizer.

11619

Suggestive

Sug‐gest″ive (?), a. Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation. — Sug‐gest″ive‐ly, adv. — Sug‐gest″ive‐ness, n.

11620

Suggestive medicine

Sug‐gest″ive med″i‐cine (?). Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient.

11621

Suggestment

Sug‐gest″ment (?), n. Suggestion.They fancy that every thought must needs have an immediate outward suggestment. Hare.

11622

Suggestress

Sug‐gest″ress (?), n. A woman who suggests. “The suggestress of suicides.” De Quincey.

11623

Suggil

Sug″gil (?), v. t. [L. suggillare, sugillare, suggillatum, sugillatum, literally, to beat black and blue.] To defame. Abp. Parker.

11624

Suggillate

Sug″gil‐late (?), v. t. [See Suggil.] To beat livid, or black and blue. Wiseman.

11625

Suggillation

Sug′gil‐la″tion (?), n. [L. suggillatio: cf. F. suggillation.] A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise.

11626

Sui generis

‖Su″i gen″e‐ris (?). Of his or its own kind.

11627

Suicidal

Su″i‐ci′dal (?), a. Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide. — Su″i‐ci′dal‐ly, adv.

11628

Suicide

Su″i‐cide (?), n. [L. sui of one's self (akin to suus one's own) + caedere to slay, to kill. Cf. So, adv., Homicide.] 1. The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intention...

11629

Suicidical

Su′i‐cid″i‐cal (?), a. Suicidal.

11630

Suicidism

Su″i‐ci‐dism (?), n. The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering.

11631

Suicism

Su″i‐cism (?), n. [L. suus one's own.] Selfishness; egoism. Whitlock.

11632

Suillage

Su″il‐lage (?), n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr. souiller, soiller. See Soil to stain, and cf. Sullage.] A drain or collection of filth. [Written also sulliage, and sullage.] Si...

11633

Suilline

Su″il‐line (?), a. [L. sus hog.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidæ).

11634

Suine

Su″ine (?), n. [Cf. Suint.] A mixture of oleomargarine with lard or other fatty ingredients. It is used as a substitute for butter. See Butterine.

11635

Suing

Su″ing (?), n. [Cf. F. suer to sweat, L. sudare.] The process of soaking through anything. Bacon.

11636

Suingly

Su″ing‐ly, adv. [See Sue to follow.] In succession; afterwards. Sir T. More.

11637

Suint

Su″int (sū″ĭnt), n.(Chem.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of pota...