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41integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… …
42primate — primatal, adj., n. primatial /pruy may sheuhl/, primatical /pruy mat i keuhl/, adj. /pruy mayt/ or, esp. for 1, /pruy mit/, n. 1. Eccles. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country. 2. any of various… …
43skin — skinlike, adj. /skin/, n., v., skinned, skinning, adj. n. 1. the external covering or integument of an animal body, esp. when soft and flexible. 2. such an integument stripped from the body of an animal, esp. a small animal; pelt: a beaver skin.… …
44tympany — /tim peuh nee/, n. 1. Pathol. tympanites. 2. Archaic. inflated or pretentious style; bombast; turgidity. [1520 30; < ML tympanias < Gk tympanías tympanites] * * * …
45verbosity — /veuhr bos i tee/, n. the state or quality of being verbose; superfluity of words; wordiness: His speeches were always marred by verbosity. [1535 45; < LL verbositas. See VERBOSE, ITY] Syn. prolixity, redundancy, turgidity. Ant. terseness,… …
46wilt — wilt1 /wilt/, v.i. 1. to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower; wither. 2. to lose strength, vigor, assurance, etc.: to wilt after a day s hard work. v.t. 3. to cause to wilt. n. 4. the act of wilting, or the state of being wilted: a… …
47Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
48Wilson, Augusta Jane Evans — ▪ American author née Augusta Jane Evans born May 8, 1835, Wynnton [now part of Columbus], Ga., U.S. died May 9, 1909, Mobile, Ala. American author whose sentimental, moralistic novels met with great popular success. Augusta Jane… …
49Spanish-American Literature — • The literature produced by the Spanish speaking peoples of Mexico, Central America, Cuba and adjacent islands, and of South America with the notable exceptions of Brazil (whose speech is Portuguese) and the Guianas Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
50Sigismund Krasinski — Sigismund Krasinski † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sigismund Krasinski Count, son of a Polish general, b. at Paris, 19 Feb., 1812; d. there, 23 Feb., 1859. He lost his mother (Mary, née Princess Radziwill) in early childhood. From boyhood… …
