Definition of word

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Word (n.) The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable..

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Linearensate :: Linearensate (a.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow..
Lipogram :: Lipogram (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on..
Loving :: Loving (a.) Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words..
Parol :: Parol (n.) A word; an oral utterance.
Tersanctus :: Tersanctus (n.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word Holy -- in its Latin form, Sanctus -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion..
Suppositor :: Suppositive (n.) A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc..
Wind :: Wind (n.) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Implication :: Implication (n.) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-; non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless, unremorseles
Reduplication :: Reduplication (n.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
Syllabize :: Syllabist (n.) One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this..
Intransitive :: Intransitive (a.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs..
Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..
Neoterism :: Neoterism (n.) An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase.
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Preformative :: Preformative (n.) A formative letter at the beginning of a word.
Trisyllabical :: Trisyllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, syllable is a trisyllabic word..
Verb :: Verb (n.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action..
Summary :: Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts..
Commendation :: Commendation (n.) The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
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