Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: organized – Orpheus
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organized, verbal adj. [L. organizare; see organ, n.]
Planned; designed; not arbitrary; systematically arranged.
orient, n. [L. oriens, rising sun, east.]
- Rising sun; morning.
- The East.
oriental, adj. [see orient, n.]
- Daylight; [fig.] living; alive; active; lively.
- Eastern; from the part of the world that includes Asia, Europe, or Africa; [fig.] exotic; foreign; strange; alien.
- Morning; at dawn; during sunrise.
oriole, n. [L. aureol-us, golden.]
Golden songbird; particular genus of birds, known for brilliant yellow feathers.
Orion, proper n. [Gk, perhaps < ouron, urine.]
Giant hunter; ancient demi-god; wandering bard; legendary storyteller of Greek mythology; [fig.] group of stars personified; distinct winter constellation; (see ED's letters).
Orleans, proper n. [Fr. famous city in France < L. Aurelianum, in honor of Emperor Aurelius.]
Dukedom; nobility; noblesse; valor; bravery; conviction; honorable bearing; [sense play] rich purple color; type of plum; [fig.] peasant woman; warrior-heroine; delivering angel; “Maid of Orleans”; Joan of Arc (1412-1431).
ornament, n. [L. ornare to fit out, equip, adorn.]
Something to decorate adorn, or beautify.
ornament, v. [see ornament, n.]
To enhance, adorn or decorate.
ornithology, n. [L. ornīthologia, treating of birds, speaking of birds.]
The study of birds.
Orpheus, proper n. [trad. < Gk orphnē, darkness, night.]
Bard; mythical musician; legendary Greek poet who was able to charm gods, humans, beasts, and inanimate objects with his song; husband who searched for his wife Eurydice in Elysium after her death; (see ED's letters).