Emily Dickinson Lexicon

adequate, n. [see adequate, adj.]

Equivalent; corresponding entity; thing equal in aspect.

adequately, adv. [see adequate, adj.]

Appropriately; properly; fitly; suitably; correctly.

adhere (-s), v. [Fr. < L. ad- + hærē-re, to stick to.] (webplay: cleave, natural).

1. Stay; remain.
2. Cling; attach; fasten; cleave to.

adhesion (-'s), n. [see adhere, v.]

Attachment; togetherness; closeness; affinity; [fig.] love; embrace.

adieu, interjection. [see adieu, n.] (webplay: parting).

Adios; Fare thee well; God be with you; exclamation noting or regretting the disappearance or departure of someone/something.

adieu, n. [Fr. a dieu, to God; ellipsis of I commend you to God.] (webplay: parting).

Farewell; goodbye; adios; departure; valediction; benediction; blessing at parting; [fig.] sunset; dusk; eventide.

adjacent, adj. [L. ad- + jacē-re, to lie near.] (webplay: lie, lying).

1. Similar; analogous; coinciding; parallel; close in resemblance.
2. Near; close in proximity; reachable; attainable.

adjective, n. [L. adjectã-re, put to, add; word play in 1488 on “less to come” and the sense of adding.]

Modifier; attribution; qualifier; addition; definition; limitation; restriction; [lit.] word used with a noun to express a particular property; part of speech that specifies or describes a person, place, or thing.

adjoin (-ing), verbal adj. [OFr < L. ad- + jung- ěre, to join.] (webplay: lie next to, placing).

1. Congenial; human; mortal; related; not strange; not unknown.
2. Adjacent; neighboring; contiguous; nearby.
3. Existing nearby; surviving; continuing; still here.

adjourn (-s), v. [OFr > L. ad- + jurnus, a day.] (webplay: day's work, without day).

Separate to meet again later; suspend for constitution at another time or place; release temporarily in order to reappear in another place; move to a different meeting place without disbanding; change location using only the time it takes to move to a new place.