Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: ducal – dull
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ducal, adj. [L. ducāl-is, leader; see duke, n.]
- Regal; royal; imperial; majestically silent; [fig.] reclusive; elusive; like a mollusk hiding in a shell.
- Aristocratic; belonging to a doge; pertaining to a duke.
- Phrase. “Ducal Showing”: aristocrat's coronet; mantle for a duke; trappings of royalty; [fig.] courtly exhibition; award ceremony; presentation of accolades.
ducat (-s), n. [L. ducātus, duchy, name of a coin; see duke, n.]
Money; token; coin minted in European dukedoms; [fig.] wealth.
duchess, n. [L. dux, duke; see duke, n.] (webplay: sovereignty).
Female counterpart of a duke; woman of nobility.
duck (-'s), n. [OE duce; cf. Sw. dyk-fågel, dive-fowl, diver.]
Swimming bird; fowl flesh; [metonymy] pillow.
dud (-s), n. [origin unknown.]
Scraps; clothes; cloak; [fig.] patches of light.
due, adv. [late L. debūt-um, owed, money owed, debt.] (webplay: fit, seasonable, time).
- Owed; (see Psalms 29:2).
- Expected; anticipated; required; (see Luke 23:41).
- Just; right; deserved; (see Deuteronomy 32:35).
due, n. [see due, adj.]
Wages; pay; salary; just consequences; (see Leviticus 10:13).
dug, v. [see dig, v.]
duke, n. [ME duk, leader, commander, general.] (webplay: king, title).
- Leader; chief; political ruler; man of nobility.
- Great Eagle Owl.
dull (-er, -est), adj. [ME dul, foolish.] (webplay: bright, cloggy, color, comprehend, dullness, hearing, industry, lad, learn, life, man, seeing, scholar, slow, spirit, stupid, wind, work).
- Mentally slower; less intelligent; having fewer creative faculties.
- Dim; not translucent; not bright.
- Boring; weary; tedious.
- Hearing impaired; slightly deaf; (see Matthew 13:15).
- Not sharp.
- Numb; emotionally dead; not capable of a full range of feelings.
- Dispirited; melancholy; depressed; sad; unhappy.