musculus semispinalis capitis (medicine) and bright(1) (iou)

musculus semispinalis capitis (medicine)

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semispinalis capitis
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, transverse processes of five or six upper thoracic and articular processes of four lower cervical vertebrae; insertion, occipital bone between superior and inferior nuchal lines; action, rotates head and draws it backward; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of cervical spinal nerves.

Synonym: musculus semispinalis capitis, musculus complexus, semispinal muscle of head.

bright(1) (iou)

bright adjective & noun.
[Old English beorht, (Anglian) berht, (Northumbrian) breht = Old Saxon ber(a)ht, Old High German beraht, -eht, Old Norse bjartr, Gothic bairhts, from Germanic.]
A. adjective.
Emitting or reflecting much light, shining; pervaded by light, sunlit; (of Wine etc.) clear, translucent. OE.
bright lights urban places of Entertainment. brightwork polished metalwork on ships etc.
Bible (Tyndale): Revelation 22:16 The bright mornynge starre. J. Betjeman The church is bright with candlelight. E. Birney Dusty September orchards..bright with apples. B. Plain Even on the brightest afternoon, the bulb..had to be lit.
b. fig. Lit up with happiness, gladness, hope, etc.; hopeful, encouraging, cheering. M18.
bright-eyed (a) having shining eyes; (b) alert and lively; bright-eyed and bushy-tailed: see BUSHY adjective. honour bright: see HONOUR noun. look on the bright side colloq. be optimistic or cheerful.
I. Murdoch A sad eclipse of all their bright hopes.
Clear or luminous to mental perception. OE-M18.
Of sound: clear; shrill, giving (undue) prominence to high frequencies. OE.
Illustrious, glorious, splendid. OE.
Shakespeare Rape of Lucrece Troy had been bright with fame, and not with fire.
Of a person: beautiful, handsome. arch. ME.
Coleridge A bright lady, surpassingly fair.
Vividly or brilliantly coloured. Of a colour: intense, vivid. ME.
bright-line brown-eye = tomato moth s.v. TOMATO noun. paint in bright colours: see COLOUR noun.
Hugh Walpole Light grey flannel trousers..showing bright purple socks. J. Rhys She had a bright patchwork counterpane.
b. Of tobacco: having a light shade or colour. Orig. US. M18.
Of a person, a face etc.: cheerful, animated, vivacious. E17.
bright young thing a fashionable member of the younger generation (esp. in the 1920s and 1930s) noted for exuberant and outrageous behaviour.
Shakespeare Macbeth Be bright and jovial among your guests to-night. S. Leacock The bright smiling faces of working people.
Of thought, conversation, Writing, etc.: witty, clever, imaginative, sparkling. E18.
A. G. Gardiner I thought of a bright thing to say now and then.
Displaying great intelligence; quick-witted; talented. M18.
Jilly Cooper They're also quite bright: you can't get in unless you have five O's and three A-levels. G. F. Newman It wasn't very bright threatening to break Evans's arms. iron.: J. M. Keynes The bright idea of reducing Economics to a mathematical application of the hedonistic calculus of Bentham!
b. noun. Brightness, light. arch. ME.
brightish adjective L16.
brightly adverb in a bright manner, with brightness OE.
brightness noun OE.
brightsome adjective (arch.) showing brightness, brightish M16.
brightsomeness noun (arch.) M16.

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