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trite
(encz) | trite,banální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
trite
(encz) | trite,omšelý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
trite
(encz) | trite,otřelý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
trite
(encz) | trite,otřepaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
trite
(encz) | trite,triviální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Trite
(gcide) | Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to
rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and
cf. Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.]
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.
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trite
(wn) | trite
adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
"repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn] |
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attrited
(encz) | attrited,opotřebovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contrite
(encz) | contrite,lítostivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contritely
(encz) | contritely,lítostivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
contriteness
(encz) | contriteness, |
isobutyl nitrite
(encz) | isobutyl nitrite, n: |
nitrite
(encz) | nitrite,dusitan |
nitrite bacterium
(encz) | nitrite bacterium, n: |
sodium nitrite
(encz) | sodium nitrite, n: |
trite
(encz) | trite,banální adj: Zdeněk Brožtrite,omšelý adj: Zdeněk Brožtrite,otřelý adj: Zdeněk Brožtrite,otřepaný adj: Zdeněk Brožtrite,triviální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tritely
(encz) | tritely, |
triteness
(encz) | triteness,banálnost n: Zdeněk Brožtriteness,otřelost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Amyl nitrite
(gcide) | Nitrite \Ni"trite\, n. [Cf. F. nitrite. See Niter.] (Chem.)
A salt or ester of nitrous acid; a compound bearing the
-NO2 radical.
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Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in
medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Its
inhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.
[1913 Webster]Amyl nitrite \Amyl nitrite\
A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in
medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The
inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the
face.
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astrite
(gcide) | Astroite \As"tro*ite\, n. [L. astroites: cf. F. astroite.]
A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone. [Obs.] [Written also
astrite and astrion.]
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Attrite
(gcide) | Attrite \At*trite"\, a. [L. attritus, p. p. of atterere; ad +
terere to rub. See Trite.]
1. Rubbed; worn by friction. --Milton.
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2. (Theol.) Repentant from fear of punishment; having
attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
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Contrite
(gcide) | Contrite \Con"trite\, n.
A contrite person. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]Contrite \Con"trite\, v.
In a contrite manner.
[1913 Webster]Contrite \Con"trite\ (?; 277), a. [L. contritus bruised, p. p.
of contrere to grind, bruise; con- + terere to rub, grind:
cf. F. contrit See Trite.]
1. Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.]
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2. Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for
sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and
thoroughly penitent.
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A contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
--Ps. li. 17.
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Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. --Milton.
Syn: Penitent; repentant; humble; sorrowful.
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Contriteness
(gcide) | Contriteness \Con"trite`ness\, n.
Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.
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Detrite
(gcide) | Detrite \De*trite"\, a. [L. detritus, p. p.]
Worn out.
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Epitrite
(gcide) | Epitrite \Ep"i*trite\, n. [Gr. ? containing an integer and one
third (i. e., [frac43], or in the ratio of 4 to 3); 'epi`
upon, over + ? the third: cf. L. epitritos, F. ['e]pitrite.]
(Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short
syllable.
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Note: It is so called from being compounded of a spondee
(which contains 4 times) with an iambus or a trochee
(which contains 3 times). It is called 1st, 2d, 3d, or
4th epitrite according as the short syllable stands
1st, 2d, etc.
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Hyponitrite
(gcide) | Hyponitrite \Hy`po*ni"trite\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of hyponitrous acid.
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Lithotrite
(gcide) | Lithotrite \Lith"o*trite\, Lithotritor \Lith"o*tri"tor\, [See
Lithotrity.] (Surg.)
A lithotriptor.
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Nitrite
(gcide) | Nitrite \Ni"trite\, n. [Cf. F. nitrite. See Niter.] (Chem.)
A salt or ester of nitrous acid; a compound bearing the
-NO2 radical.
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Amyl nitrite, a yellow oily volatile liquid, used in
medicine as a depressant and a vaso-dilator. Its
inhalation produces an instantaneous flushing of the face.
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Tritely
(gcide) | Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to
rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and
cf. Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.]
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.
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Triteness
(gcide) | Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to
rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and
cf. Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.]
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost
novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a
trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.
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Triternate
(gcide) | Triternate \Tri*ter"nate\, a. [Pref. tri- + ternate.] (Bot.)
Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole
separates into three branches, each of which divides into
three parts which each bear three leafiets.
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Uncontrite
(gcide) | Uncontrite \Uncontrite\
See contrite. |
Vitrite
(gcide) | Vitrite \Vit"rite\, n. [L. vitrum glass.]
A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse,
used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus.
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attrited
(wn) | attrited
adj 1: worn by rubbing or friction |
butyl nitrite
(wn) | butyl nitrite
n 1: a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant
drug by drug abusers [syn: butyl nitrite, {isobutyl
nitrite}] |
contrite
(wn) | contrite
adj 1: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
[syn: contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful] |
contritely
(wn) | contritely
adv 1: in a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,' he said
ruefully" [syn: ruefully, contritely, remorsefully] |
contriteness
(wn) | contriteness
n 1: sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation [syn:
attrition, contrition, contriteness] |
isobutyl nitrite
(wn) | isobutyl nitrite
n 1: a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant
drug by drug abusers [syn: butyl nitrite, {isobutyl
nitrite}] |
nitrite
(wn) | nitrite
n 1: the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a
salt or ester of nitrous acid) |
nitrite bacterium
(wn) | nitrite bacterium
n 1: any of the nitrobacteria that oxidize ammonia into nitrites
[syn: nitrite bacterium, nitrous bacterium] |
sodium nitrite
(wn) | sodium nitrite
n 1: nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat
and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected
carcinogens |
trite
(wn) | trite
adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
"repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn] |
tritely
(wn) | tritely
adv 1: in a trite manner; "tritely expressed emotions" |
triteness
(wn) | triteness
n 1: unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed [syn:
triteness, staleness] |
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