Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Word of the day
- Thread starter slobake
- Start date
Lyceum
1. The garden at Athens in which Aristotle taught philosophy.
2. A literary institution, lecture hall, or teaching place.
1. The garden at Athens in which Aristotle taught philosophy.
2. A literary institution, lecture hall, or teaching place.
convocation (n)
1a: an assembly of persons called together to a meeting
1b(1): an assembly of bishops and representative clergy of the Church of England
1b(2): a consultative assembly of clergy and lay delegates from one part of an Episcopal diocesealso : a territorial division of an Episcopal diocese
1c: a ceremonial assembly of members of a college or universitygave a speech at the convocation
2: the act or process of calling an assembly of persons to a meeting
1a: an assembly of persons called together to a meeting
1b(1): an assembly of bishops and representative clergy of the Church of England
1b(2): a consultative assembly of clergy and lay delegates from one part of an Episcopal diocesealso : a territorial division of an Episcopal diocese
1c: a ceremonial assembly of members of a college or universitygave a speech at the convocation
2: the act or process of calling an assembly of persons to a meeting
tatterdemalion
1 : ragged or disreputable in appearance.
2 : being in a decayed state or condition : dilapidated.
1 : ragged or disreputable in appearance.
2 : being in a decayed state or condition : dilapidated.
Pretentious
1. Characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved
1. Characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved
fecund
fe·cund | \ ˈfe-kənd , ˈfē- \
Definition of fecund
1: fruitful in offspring or vegetation
//: PROLIFIC a fecund breed of cattle
2: intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree
// a fecund imagination
// a fecund source of information
I read this in a novel, causing me to look this word up:
"Ah, the fecundity of life! "
fe·cund | \ ˈfe-kənd , ˈfē- \
Definition of fecund
1: fruitful in offspring or vegetation
//: PROLIFIC a fecund breed of cattle
2: intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree
// a fecund imagination
// a fecund source of information
I read this in a novel, causing me to look this word up:
"Ah, the fecundity of life! "
Winnow
1. Remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left; find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something).
2. Remove (chaff) from grain.
1. Remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left; find or identify (a valuable or useful part of something).
2. Remove (chaff) from grain.
Supranational
1. Having power or influence that transcends national boundaries or governments
1. Having power or influence that transcends national boundaries or governments
