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polyatomic(dictionary)

rankle (iou) and polyatomic (medicine)


rankle (iou)



rankle verb & noun. ME.
[Old French ra(o)ncler (cf. medieval Latin ranclare, ranquillare) var. of draoncler (mod. dial. drancler), from ra(o)ncle var. of draoncle ulcer, festering sore from medieval Latin dranculus, alt. of Latin dracunculus dim. of draco DRAGON.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Orig. of the body, later of a wound, sore, etc.: fester, esp. to a painful degree; suppurate. arch. ME.
a. verb intrans. Inflict a painful festering wound; cause a wound to fester. LME-L17.
b. verb trans. Cause (a wound or flesh) to fester or become painful. arch. M16.
verb intrans. (Of a bad feeling) continue to be felt by a person; (of an experience, event, etc.) continue to cause bad, esp. bitter feelings. E16.
E. Taylor The indiscretion..remained to rankle. A. N. Wilson His nickname, as the Lady.., rankled.
b. verb intrans. Of a person: feel bitter; fret or chafe angrily. L16.
G. S. Haight Rankling under the sense of injustice.
verb trans. Exacerbate (a bad feeling); embitter (a person); (of an experience, event, etc.) cause, or continue to cause, bad, esp. bitter, feelings in (a person). E17.
Tennis It rankles Mayotte..to constantly have to defend the position.
verb intrans. Change in state, pass into, as by festering. M18.
Times Literary Supplement The Atomic Age into which the Machine Age has now rankled.
b. noun.
A festering sore. LME-L16.
A rankling thought or feeling; bitterness. L18.

polyatomic (medicine)


polyatomic
<chemistry> Having more than one atom in the molecule; consisting of several atoms.

Having a valence greater than one.

Origin: Poly- + atomic.

Source: Websters Dictionary