adenoidal \ad-n-OID-l\, adjective
1. Being characteristically pinched and nasal in tone quality.
2. Of or pertaining to the adenoids; adenoid.
3. Having the adenoids enlarged, especially to a degree that interferes with normal breathing.
"Quite the good, old-fashioned type of servant," as Miss Marple explained afterward, and with the proper, inaudible, respectful voice, so different from the loud but adenoidal accents of Gladys.
-- Agatha Christie, Three Blind Mice
Then just as suddenly the sensation was gone and I heard a shrill, adenoidal voice that swallowed most of its soft consonants?
-- Charles Johnson, Middle Passage
Adenoidal only entered English in the 1910s, referring to the glands near the nasal passage.
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agnomen \ag-NOH-muhn\, noun
1. A nickname.
2. An additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as ?Africanus? in ?Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.?
He was thin in person and low in stature, with light sandy-colored hair, and small pale features, from which he derived his agnomen of Bean or white.
-- Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
Successful Roman generals were frequently given an agnomen celebrating the source of their victories.
-- Waldo E. Sweet, Lectiones Primae
Agnomen comes from the Latin tradition of adding a fourth nickname to someone's given name. Ag- is a variation of the prefix ad- meaning "to" or "near." Nomen means "name."
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apoplectic
apoplectic \ap-uh-plek-tik\, adjective
1. Intense enough to threaten or cause a stroke.
2. Of or pertaining to apoplexy.
3. Having or inclined to apoplexy.
noun:
1. A person having or predisposed to apoplexy.
When Abie used to shout, Rebecca always used to make a joke that he was having one of his apoplectic fits.
-- Alan Grayson, Mile End
...four years, one recession and a host of battles ? over financial regulation and the nomination of Elizabeth Warren, over Dodd-Frank and the Buffett Rule ? have taken their toll. Some on Wall Street are apoplectic. One former supporter, Dan Loeb, compared Obama to Nero; the president?s enemies insinuated worse.
-- Nicholas Confessore, "Obama?s Not-So-Hot Date With Wall Street", The New York Times Magazine, May 2, 2012
Apoplectic stems from the Greek word apoplektik�s which meant "pertaining to stroke". It literally meant "struck down".
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armamentarium
armamentarium \ahr-muh-muhn-TAIR-ee-uhm\, noun
1. A fruitful source of devices or materials available or used for an undertaking.
2. The aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one's duties.
You can almost hear the crash as my medical armamentarium smashes to the ground.
-- Emily R. Transue, M.D., On Call
In addition to the past lying available in his memory, he had always had a technical armamentarium second to none; even the hostile critics had granted him that.
-- Orson Scott Card, Masterpieces
Litvikov led the way over to his long conference table, which was covered in green felt and stocked with an
armamentarium of mineral-water bottles that the commissar never seemed to offer.
-- Robert Ludlum, The Tristan Betrayal
Armamentarium comes from the Latin root armament, which refers to equipment used by a military unit. The suffix -arium denotes a location or receptacle.
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agemate
agemate \EYJ-meyt\, noun
A person of about the same age as another.
She tolerates the family, especially an agemate named Isabelle, although they kid her about getting letters from a mysterious swain every day.
-- Faye Moskowitz, Her face in the Mirror
She had no agemate in that house, no one she could think of as an ally.
-- Julie Orringer, The Invisible Bridge
Agemate entered English in the late 1500s when the word mate meant "guest" in Old English.
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agnate \ag-neyt\, noun
1. A relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
2. Any male relation on the father's side.
adjective:
1. Related or akin through males or on the father's side.
2. Allied or akin.
It was considered abomination; no agnate gives up its infant kin in Igboland, no matter the crime.
-- M. O. En�, Blighted Blues
His uncle in the third segment was the only other agnate who shared patriotic sentiments with Yat-Kuan.
-- Saikaku Ihara, Tales of Japanese Justice
Agnate is derived from the Latin word agnatus which referred to paternal kinsmen.
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aliquant
aliquant \AL-i-kwuhnt\, adjective
Contained in a number or quantity, but not dividing it evenly: An aliquant part of 16 is 5.
Cunning is the aliquant of talent; as hypocrisy is of religion; all the threes in the universe cannot make ten
-- Thomas Hall, The Fortunes and Adventures of Raby Rattler and His Man Floss
...even though that number was an odd number and by a quarter the number of his confiteors, even though four was an aliquant part of two thousand to hundred and nineteen, nothing being changed with regard to the masses...
-- Raymond Queneau, The Blue Flowers
Aliquant stems from the Latin roots ali- meaning "differently" and quantus meaning "great."
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