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1. affricate, v. View full entry 1656
...trans. To rub against. Obs.rare....
2. assonate, v. View full entry 1656
...To correspond in sound, esp. in vowel-sound; to rhyme in assonance....
3. consueˈtudinal, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Pertaining to custom, of use and wont. spec. in Philol., esp. as the epithet of a particular mood in Celtic languages....
4. diple, n. View full entry 1656
...A marginal mark of this form >, used by the ancient grammarians to indicate various readings, rejected verses, beginning of a new paragraph, etc....
5. enclitic, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...That ‘leans its accent on the preceding word’ (Liddell and Scott): in Greek grammar the distinctive epithet of those words which have no accent, and which (when phonetic laws permit) cause a...
6. explosion, n. View full entry 1656
...The action of treating with scorn, rejecting or scouting (a notion, system, etc.); rejection....
7. iconic, adj. View full entry 1656
...Of or pertaining to an icon, image, figure, or representation; of the nature of a portrait; spec. in Art, applied to the ancient portrait statues of victorious athletes...
8. ˈiconism, n. View full entry 1656
...A representation by some image or figure; imagery; metaphor. Obs....
9. iotacism, n. View full entry 1656
...Excessive use or repetition of the letter iota or Ι; spec. the pronunciation of other Greek vowels like iota (i.e. as Latin ī or...
10. † metacism, n. View full entry 1656
...In Latin prose composition: the pronunciation of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel, regarded as a fault by grammarians. Also: the placing of a word with...
11. † monosyllabical, adj. View full entry 1656
...= monosyllabic...
12. palatine, adj.2 and n.2 View full entry 1656
...Anat. and Zool. Of or relating to the palate; situated in or on the palate; (also) of or relating to a palatine bone (palatine bone). Cf. ...
13. parisyllabic, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Of a Greek or Latin noun: having the same number of syllables in all cases of the singular....
14. † parisyllabical, adj. View full entry 1656
...= parisyllabic...
15. polyptote, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Grammar. Of a noun, etc.: having many cases. Obs....
16. polysyllabical, adj. View full entry 1656
...= polysyllabic...
17. prestige, n. View full entry 1656
...An illusion; a conjuring trick; a deception, an imposture. Freq. in pl. Now rare....
18. protatic, adj. View full entry 1656
...Grammar and Rhetoric. Of or relating to a protasis (protasis3). Obs.rare....
19. quadrisyllable, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...= quadrisyllabicObs....
20. scalar, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...Resembling a ladder; Bot. = scalariform...
