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contrition (iou) and Turnip (medicine)


contrition (iou)



contrition noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from late Latin contritio(n-), from contrit- pa. ppl stem of conterere: see CONTRITE adjective, -ION.]
The action of bruising or pounding, esp. so as to pulverize. ME-L17.
The condition of being distressed in mind for some fault or injury done; spec. complete penitence for sin (cf. ATTRITION 1). ME.
G. Greene How easily we believe we can slide out of our guilt by a motion of contrition. R. A. Knox Contrition must be accompanied by the desire to put things right.

Turnip (medicine)


turnip
<botany> The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself.

<botany> [Formerly written also turnep] Swedish turnip The turnip flea. A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larvae live in the turnip root.

Origin: OE. Turnep; probably fr. Turn, or F. Tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. Nepe a turnip, AS. Naepe, L. Napus. Cf. Turn, Navew.

Source: Websters Dictionary