Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: effacing – eider
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
1234567891011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445
effacing, verbal adj. [or verbal n.; see efface, v.]
- [Verbal adj.] reclusive; invisible; anonymous; nameless; [fig.] evasive; reserved; reticent; silent; shy; modest; [metaphor] private; not seeking publicity.
- [Verbal n.] seclusion; invisibility; anonymity; namelessness; [fig.] evasion; reserve; reticence; silence; shyness; modesty; [metaphor] privacy; refusal to be published; decision to withdraw from the world.
effect, n. [Anglo Norman < L. efficere, to work out, accomplish.]
Consequence, event.
effervesce (-d), v. [L. ex, out + fervesc-ěre, to begin to boil.]
Boil off; escape from under pressure; emit as a result of commotion.
efflorescence, n. [L. floresco, to blossom.]
Blossoming; flowering; [fig.] redness; inflammation; flush of color; colorful filigreed cloud formations; [metaphor] peak; prime.
effort, n. [L. < ex, out + forti-s, strong.]
- Endeavor; enterprise; experiment; essay; successive attempts to accomplish a purpose.
- Work; exertion.
- Push; initiative; exercise; expended energy; [fig.] smile.
- Struggle; wrestle; attempt; strain; labor.
effulgence (effulgencies), n. [L. < ex, out + fulgēre, to shine.]
Splendor; a flood of light.
egg (-s), n. [OE.]
- Case for an unborn bird; spherical shell produced by female birds containing the germ of a new individual.
- Hatchling; young bird now hatched.
- Phrase. “Egg of forests”: nut; kernel; hard seed capsule that can produce new trees.
egg-life, n. [see egg, n. and life, n.]
Embryotic stage; pre-birth [fig.] childhood; time of innocence; age of formation.
Egyptian, proper n. [Egyptian hūt-kā-ptah, temple of the soul of Ptah (father of Gods); or Phoenician Kapthor, Crete island.]
Hieroglyphics; pictograph text; sacred Christian Coptic characters; extinct Afroasiatic language; Hamito-Semitic script dating back to 3000 B.C.; written discourse characteristic of the City of the Dead; [fig.] enigma; riddle; incomprehensible mystery; (see Genesis 40:5, Matthew 2:13, and ED letters).
eider, adj. [Icel. æthar.] (webplay: duck).
- Airy; soft; floating; plumy; light-weight; [fig.] tutu; swan-feather; made of net; like a ballet skirt.
- Angelic; winged; [fig.] snowy; cloudy; billowy; [metaphor] whispered; soft-spoken.
- Phrase. “Eider duck”: species of duck; water fowl whose plumage is used for bedding; bird that lines its nest with downy feathers.