Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: E-THE'RE-AL-LY – E-THOL'O-GIST
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E-THE'RE-AL-LY, adv.
In a celestial or heavenly manner.
E-THE'RE-OUS, a.
Formed of ether; heavenly. Milton.
E'THER-I-FORM, a. [ether and form.]
Having the form of ether. Prout.
E'THER-IZE, v.t.
To convert into ether. Med. Repos.
E'THER-IZ-ED, pp.
Converted into ether.
E'THER-IZ-ING, ppr.
Converting into ether.
ETH'IC, or ETH'IC-AL, a. [L. ethicus; Gr. ηθικος, from ηθος, manners.]
Relating to manners or morals; treating of morality; delivering precepts of morality; as, ethic discourses or epistles.
ETH'IC-AL-LY, adv.
According to the doctrines of morality.
ETH'ICS, n.
- The doctrines of morality or social manners; the science of moral philosophy, which teaches men their duty and the reasons of it. Paley. Encyc.
- A system of moral principles; a system of rules for regulating the actions and manners of men in society.
E'THI-OP, or E-THI-O'PI-AN, n.
A native of Ethiopia.
ETHIOPS-MARTIAL, n. [Ethiops martial.]
Black oxyd of iron; iron in the form of a very fine powder.
ETHIOPS-MINERAL, n. [Ethiops mineral.]
A combination of mercury and sulphur, of a black color; black sulphuret of mercury. Thomson. Nicholson.
ETH'MOID, or ETH-MOID'AL, a. [Gr. ηθμος, a sieve, and ειδος, form.]
Resembling a sieve.
ETH'MOID, n.
A bone at the top of the root of the nose.
ETH'NARCH, a. [Gr. εθνος and αρχη.]
A chief of heathen or of nations.
ETH'NIC, or ETH'NIC-AL, a. [L. ethnicus; Gr. εθνικος, from εθνος nation, from the root of G. heide, heath, woods, whence heathen. See Heathen.]
Heathen; pagan; pertaining to the gentiles or nations not converted to Christianity; opposed to Jewish and Christian.
ETH'NIC, n.
A heathen; a pagan.
ETH'NI-CISM, n.
Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. B. Jonson.
ETH-NOG'RA-PHER, or ETH-NOL'O-GIST, n.
One who cultivates ethnography; one who treats of the different natural races and families of men.
ETH-NO-GRAPH'IC, or ETH-NO-GRAPH'IC-AL, a. [See the noun.]
Describing heathen nations, or nations and tribes in general.
ETH-NOG'RA-PHY, n. [Gr. εθνος, nation, and γραφω, to describe.]
An account of heathen nations, or of nations in general.
ETH-NOG'RA-PHY, or ETH-NOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. εθνος, γραφω, and λογος.]
The science which treats of the different natural races and families of men, or a treatise on that science.
ETH-NOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. εθνος, nation, and λογος, discourse.]
A treatise on nations.
ETH-O-LOG'IC-AL, a. [See Ethology.]
Treating of ethics or morality.
E-THOL'O-GIST, n.
One who writes on the subject of manners and morality.