noun, plural ped·ant·ries.
the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
slavish attention to rules, details, etc.
an instance of being pedantic: the pedantries of modern criticism.
Origin: First recorded in 1575–85, pedantry is from the Italian word pedanteria. See pedant, -ry
adjective
characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
(of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.) intended to attract notice: Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity.
Origin: First recorded in 1650–60; ostentat(ion) + -ious
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os·ten·ta·tious·ly, adverb
os·ten·ta·tious·ness, noun
un·os·ten·ta·tious, adjective
un·os·ten·ta·tious·ly, adverb
adjective
(To Express Disapproval) If you describe something as ostentatious, you disapprove of it because it is expensive and is intended to impress people. …his house, which, however elaborate, is less ostentatious than the preserves of other Dallas tycoons.
(To Express Disapproval) If you describe someone as ostentatious, you disapprove of them because they want to impress people with their wealth or importance. Obviously he had plenty of money and was generous in its use without being ostentatious.
ostentatiously adverb Her servants were similarly, if less ostentatiously attired.
You can describe an action or behavior as ostentatious when it is done in an exaggerated way to attract people's attention. His wife was fairly quiet but she is not an ostentatious person anyway.
ostentatiously adverb Harry stopped under a street lamp and ostentatiously began inspecting the contents of his bag.
adjective
characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
full of pretense or pretension; having no factual basis; false.
Origin: 1835–45; earlier pretensious. See pretense, -ious
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pre·ten·tious·ly, adverb
pre·ten·tious·ness, noun
Can be confused: portentous, pretentious.
uncount noun
(To Express Disapproval) If you accuse someone of pedantry, you mean that you disapprove of them because they pay too much attention to unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects.
Pedagogery not pedOgogery
noun
a teacher; schoolteacher.
a person who is pedantic, dogmatic, and formal.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English pedagoge < Latin paedagōgus < Greek paidagōgós a boy's tutor. See ped-1, -agogue
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ped·a·gogu·er·y, ped·a·gog·er·y, noun
ped·a·gogu·ish, ped·a·gog·ish, adjective
noun, plural soph·ist·ries.
a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
a false argument; sophism.
Origin: 1300–50; Middle English sophistrie < Middle French, equivalent to sophistre sophister + -ie -y3
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an·ti·soph·ist·ry, noun
noun, plural soph·ist·ries.
a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
a false argument; sophism.
Origin: 1300–50; Middle English sophistrie < Middle French, equivalent to sophistre sophister + -ie -y3
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an·ti·soph·ist·ry, noun
noun, plural chi·can·er·ies.
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.
a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade.
Origin: From the French word chicanerie, dating back to 1605–15. See chicane, -ery
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—noun
an act or instance of machinating.
Usually, machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.
Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English machinacion < Latin māchinātiōn- (stem of māchinātiō). See machinate, -ion
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an·ti·mach·i·na·tion, adjective
noun
dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
Origin: 1595–1605; < Late Latin dogmatismus, equivalent to Latin dogmat(icus) dogmatic + -ismus -ism; replacing dogmatisme < French
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an·ti·dog·ma·tism, noun
o·ver·dog·ma·tism, noun
noun
Jim Crow (def 1).
any policy of racial segregation.
advocacy of such a policy.
Origin: An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; Jim Crow + -ism
noun
the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
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non·sub·ju·ga·tion, noun
self-sub·ju·ga·tion, noun
noun
serfdom; slavery.
helots collectively.
Origin: First recorded in 1820–30; Helot + -ry
noun
the condition or service of a peon.
the practice of holding persons in servitude or partial slavery, as to work off a debt or to serve a penal sentence.
Origin: An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; peon1 + -age
noun
the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
Origin: First recorded in 1125–75, thralldom is from the Middle English word thraldom. See thrall, -dom
noun
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
a slave.
Origin: 1475–85; < Middle French < Latin servus slave
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serf·dom, serf·hood, serf·age, noun
Can be confused: serf, surf.
noun
the tenure by which a villein held land and tenements from a lord.
the condition or status of a villein.
Origin: 1275–1325; Middle English vilenage < Anglo-French, Old French. See villein, -age
coup1
—noun, plural coups .
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
(among the Plains Indians of North America) a brave or reckless deed performed in battle by a single warrior, as touching or striking an enemy warrior without sustaining injury oneself.
coup d'état.
—Idioms
count coup,
to perform a coup.
to recount or relate the coups one has performed.
Origin: 1640–50; < French: literally, blow, stroke, Old French colp < Late Latin colpus, Latin colaphus < Greek kólaphos
coup2
—verb (used with or without object) Scot.
overturn; upset.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English coupe to pay for < Old Norse kaupa to buy, barter; cognate with Old English cēapian, German kaufen. See cheap
—noun, plural coups d'é·tat .
a sudden and decisive action in politics, especially one resulting in a change of government illegally or by force.
Origin: 1640–50; < French: literally, stroke concerning the state
Noun Edit
coup de maitre (plural coups de maitre)
A masterstroke.
noun
1. Southern U.S. ill temper; grumpiness.
Quotes
Ma has a case of the mulligrubs here lately and some of the kinfolks figure it might be caused by reading the papers too much. – Bob Kyle, "Fiddlin' Around," The Tuscaloosa News June 1, 1983 I think when it comes I will enjoy it. It is just the coming that fills me with the mulligrubs. – Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword, 1990
Origin
The extravagant spelling variants of mulligrubs, e.g., mulligrums, mouldy-grubs, merlygrubs, muddigrubs, mullygrumps, murdiegrups,… at least show very plainly that mulligrubs has no sound etymology. Mulligrums “low spirits, bad temper, bad mood” first appears at the end of the 16th century. (Some scholars suggest a relationship between mulligrums and the slightly earlier noun megrims “melancholy, low spirits.”) A quarter of a century later, about 1625, mulligrubs meant “stomachache, diarrhea” and a few years later “ill-tempered or surly person.”
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