See Also: Almond(medicine)
almond(dictionary)
Almond Joy(dictionary)
almond(encyclopedia)
almond(dictionary)
almond oil(medicine)
Almond Icing(recipes)
Almond cake(recipes)
Almond-Oat Thins(recipes)
Almond Crescents(recipes)

ungentleman (iou) and almond (iou)


ungentleman (iou)



ungentleman verb trans. Long rare. L17.
[from UN-2 + GENTLEMAN.]
Deprive of the status or character of a gentleman.

almond (iou)



almond noun. ME.
[Old French alemande, a(l)mande from medieval Latin amandula from Greek amugdale.]
The kernel, oval with pointed ends, of the stone-fruit of the tree Prunus dulcis, of which there are two varieties, the sweet and the bitter. ME.
BURNT almond. butter of almonds: see BUTTER noun1 2.
The tree itself, allied to the plum, cherry, etc. Also almond tree. LME.
Something having the shape or appearance of an almond. LME.
b. In pl. The tonsils; also, the lymph nodes below the ear. Freq. more fully almonds of the throat, almonds of the ears, etc. arch. L16.
The delicate pink colour of almond blossom or the light brown colour of an almond kernel. Freq. attrib. M18.
Attrib. & comb.: Attrib. in senses 'resembling the almond' as almond pink etc. (see also sense 4 above); 'made with or containing almonds', as almond cake, almond paste, etc. Special combs., as almond eye: with the eyelids forming an almond-shape; almond-eyed adjective having almond eyes; almond milk a soothing medicine made with blanched almonds, sugar, and water, or similar ingredients; almond oil the expressed oil of bitter almonds, consisting chiefly of benzaldehyde; almond tree: see sense 2 above.
almondy adjective like an almond or almonds M19.