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noble (iou) and tetrandrous (medicine)


noble (iou)



noble adjective & noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin nobilis, earlier gnobilis, from Indo-European base repr. also by KNOW verb: see -BLE.]
A. adjective.
Distinguished by virtue of position, character, or exploits. Usu. implying, and obsolete exc. as passing into, senses 2 and 4. ME.
Distinguished by virtue of rank, title, or birth; designating, belonging to, or pertaining to a class of people having a high social rank, esp. recognized or conferred by a (hereditary) title (in Britain now spec. duke, marquess, earl, viscount, baron, or their female equivalents). ME.
Shetland Times Even the noble lord might see the sense in banning the landing of ungutted fish.
Distinguished by virtue of intelligence, knowledge, or skill. ME-L16.
Having or displaying high moral qualities or lofty ideals; of a great character; honourable, admirable; free from pettiness and meanness, magnanimous. ME.
Spenser The noblest mind the best contentment has. Shakespeare Julius Caesar This was the noblest Roman of them all. J. Ruskin The noble pride which was provoked by the insolence of the emperor. P. Tillich The motive for withstanding pain..courageously is..that it is noble to do so.
Distinguished by virtue of splendour, magnificence, or stateliness of appearance; of imposing or impressive proportions or dimensions. ME.
D. Francis In the background, the noble lines of a mansion.
Having qualities or properties of a very high or admirable kind; of very high value or importance; excellent, superior. ME.
b. spec. (Of a metal) resisting corrosion, as by oxidation or the action of acids; relatively unreactive; (of any chemical element) low in the electrochemical series. ME.
c. Of a part of the body: necessary to life. M17.
Splendid, admirable, surpassingly good. ME.
W. Besant He drank a great deal of port, of which he possessed a noble cellar.
Special collocations, phrases, & comb.: noble gas any of a group of very unreactive gaseous elements (helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon) which have a filled outermost electronic orbital in the atom; also called inert gas. noble hawk Falconry a long-winged high-flying hawk (e.g. a peregrine or merlin) which swoops down on its prey rather than chasing or raking after it. noble liquid a liquefied noble gas. noble-minded adjective having or characterized by a noble mind, magnanimous. noble-mindedness the quality of being noble-minded. noble rot = pourriture noble s.v. POURRITURE 2. the noble Art (of self-defence), the noble science (of self-defence) boxing. the noble savage primitive man, conceived of in the manner of Rousseau as morally superior to civilized man. the noble science (of self-defence): see the noble Art (of self-defence) above.
b. noun.
A man of noble birth or rank; a member of the nobility; a peer, a peeress. ME.
Hist. A former English gold coin, first minted by Edward III, with a value settled by 1550 at 6s. 8d. Also (with qualifying word), any of various forms of this or similar gold coins. LME.
angel-noble s.v. ANGEL noun 7. GEORGE-noble. Harry noble s.v. HARRY adjective & noun2. maille noble s.v. MAIL noun4. rose-noble s.v. ROSE noun & adjective.

tetrandrous (medicine)


tetrandrous
<botany> Belonging to the class Tetrandria.

Source: Websters Dictionary