See Also: pleurite(medicine)
pleurite(dictionary)

easeful (iou) and pleurite (iou)


easeful (iou)



easeful adjective. LME.
[from EASE noun or verb + -FUL.]
That gives ease, comfort, or relief; soothing. LME.
S. Rushdie The disillusioning discovery that..suffering, not easeful joy, was the human norm.
Unoccupied, at rest; indolent, slothful. E17.
S. Sontag My affections were never guided by the desire to lead an easeful life.
easefully adverb E17.
easefulness noun M17.

pleurite (iou)



pleurite noun. M19.
[from Greek PLEURA noun1 + -ITE1.]
Zoology. A sclerite of a pleuron of an arthropod; a section of the lateral exoskeleton. Cf. STERNITE, TERGITE.