See Also: Coma(medicine)
coma(encyclopedia)
coma(2)(dictionary)
coma(1)(dictionary)
Coma(health)
coma(dictionary)
coma vigil(medicine)
uraemic coma(medicine)
Coma, diabetic(health)
coma cast(medicine)

coma(1) (iou) and nag (iou)


coma(1) (iou)



coma noun1. . E17.
[Latin from Greek kome hair of the head.]
Botany. The top of a plant; esp. a terminal tuft of bracts or leaves; a leafy crown of branches; a tuft of silky hairs at the end of some seeds. E17.
Astronomy. The diffuse hazy region surrounding the nucleus of a comet. M18.
An optical aberration causing the image of an off-axis point to be flared, like a comet with a diverging tail; the flared image itself. M19.
co'matic adjective E20.

nag (iou)



nag verb. [nag] Infl. -gg-. E19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. ult. of Scandinavian origin or from Low German (cf. Swedish nagga, Norwegian nagge gnaw, nibble, irritate, Low German (g)naggen irritate, provoke).]
a. verb trans. & intrans. Gnaw, nibble, (at). dial. E19.
b. verb intrans. Of a pain etc.: ache dully but persistently. M19.
Sunday Express Those nagging back aches and tense neck muscles.
verb intrans. Find fault, complain, or urge someone, esp. persistently. (Foll. by at.) M19.
verb trans. Annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding, complaining, or urging. M19.
A. Geras I'm sorry if I made your life a misery nagging you about the piano. C. Tomalin Fear of exposure must have nagged and tormented her.
nagger noun L19.
naggingly adverb in a nagging manner M20.
naggingness noun (rare) nagging quality or condition L19.