Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: minutest – miser
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minutest, n. [see minute, adj.]
Least; [fig.] weakest one; unworthiest person; least prominent being; one of little consequence.
minutiae, n. [L. minutia, smallness.] (webplay: smaller).
Small things; trivial objects.
miracle (-s), n. [L. miraculum, wonder.] (webplay: conferred, event, God, known, lives, still, wonderful).
- Incident uncontrolled by human hands; deviation of known laws of nature; divine occurrence.
- [Fig.] life; resurrection; eternity; immortality; the Creation; Jesus Christ.
miraculous, adj. [Fr. < L.]
Magical; wonderful; performed supernaturally.
mirage, n. [Fr. 'to look at oneself in the mirror, to be reflected'.]
Optical illusion; false visual representation.
mirror (mirrorrs), n. [Fr. < L. miror, to admire.] (webplay: clear, light, looking, star, stone).
- Reflection; shiny image; pattern of light.
- Looking glass; [architecture] molding; small oval ornament with wreaths of flowers cut into a gravestone; [fig.] mold; model; exemplar; to which people should look to.
mirth, n. [OE 'merry'.] (webplay: high).
Merriment; happiness; causing joyous feelings.
miscellaneous, adj. [Fr. < L. miscere, to mix.]
Random; of a variety; of different kinds.
misconceive, v. [OE mis-, badly + OFr < L. concipere, take altogether; see conceive.] (webplay: yield).
Mistake; have a false conception of; draw a wrong inference.
miser (-s, -'s), n. [L. 'wretched, unfortunate'.] (webplay: poverty, wealth).
- One who hoards money.
- [Fig.] one who in wealth makes himself miserable for fear of poverty.