a. [ L. adamantinus, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; astrology. ] Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Of or pertaining to chiromancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A chiromancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. diamant diamond + -ferous. ] Yielding diamonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adamantine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (1933) a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with others and one's environment is enhanced by training in the more critical use of words and other symbols; -- sometimes also called semantics. More information can be found on the web site of the Institute of General Semantics. [ PJC ]

General Semantics is the study of the relations between language, “thought”, and behavior: between how we talk, therefore how we think, therefore how we act. George Doris

{ } a. [ Cf. F. géomantique. ] Pertaining or belonging to geomancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. hydromantique. ] Of or pertaining to divination by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lamantin, lamentin, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. Manater. ] (Zool.) The manatee. [ Written also lamentin, and lamantine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; prophetic. ] Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic. [ R. ] “Mantic fury.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
Syn. -- manticore, mantichora, mantiger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A mantis.
Syn. -- mantis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The natural family conmprising the mantises. Same as Manteidae.
Syn. -- family Mantidae, Manteidae, family Manteidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The manticore.
Syn. -- manticore, mantichora, manticora. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sp. See Mantle. ] 1. A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC.
Syn. -- Mantineia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a prophet. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also called mantis crab and mantis prawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Squilla.
Syn. -- Mantis shrimp. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The natural family comprising the mantispids.
Syn. -- family Mantispidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Squilla.
Syn. -- Mantis shrimp. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin. ] (Math.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Conjuration. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With all the necromantics of their art. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy. -- Nec`ro*man"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to onomancy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pseudo- + romantic. ] Falsely romantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to pyromancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_;. ] One who pretends to divine by fire. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See Romance. ] 1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such a persuasion? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men have represented as chimerical and romantic. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious; extravagant; wild; chimerical. See Sentimental. [ 1913 Webster ]

The romantic drama. See under Drama. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Romantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a romantic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. It. romanticismo, F. romantisme, romanticisme. ] A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi&unr_;val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Lessing ] may be said to have begun the revolt from pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the founder of romanticism. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. J. R. Seeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Romantically. [ R. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A squilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. or pl. [ Gr. shmantikos having meaning, from sh^ma a sign. ] 1. pertaining to the meanings of words. [ PJC ]

2. of or pertaining to semantics. [ PJC ]

n. sing. or pl. [ Gr. shmantikos having meaning, from sh^ma a sign. ] 1. the study of the meanings of words and of the sense development of words; -- formerly called semasiology. [ PJC ]

2. a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with others and one's environment is enhanced by training in the more critical use of words and other symbols; -- also called general semantics. [ PJC ]

3. the meanings of words as they are used to achieve an effect; especially, the multiple meanings of words or the multiplicity of words having the same meaning; -- used in referring to the confusion that can be caused (intentionally or unintentionally) by multiple meanings; as, there's no real difference, it's only a matter of semantics. [ PJC ]

a. Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + E. antidote. ] A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [ India ]

Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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