Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: orthography – ought
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orthography, n. [L. < Gk.'writing correctly.]
- Calligraphy; handwriting; set of characters; correct spelling; properly written text; [fig.] song; chant; bird call.
- Phrase. “lone Orthography”: seldom read written text; [kenning] personal epitaph; individual gravestone inscription.
ostensible, adj. [L. ostendere, to stretch out before one's face.]
Obvious; visible; perceptible; shown; presented; exhibited.
ostensibly, adv. [see ostensible.]
Apparently; supposedly; allegedly; seemingly.
ostentation, n. [Fr. < L.]
The action of displaying or showing.
other, adj. [OE.]
- More; additional.
- Different; alternative.
- Previous; earlier.
- One of two.
- Opposite.
- Comparable; similar in quality.
- Kindred; related; similar in form.
- Substitute.
other (-s, -'s), pron. [see other, adj.]
- Additional person.
- People from the past.
- One of two people.
- Companion; associate; partner; one of a pair; [fig.] beloved.
- Phrase. “Each other”; “each other's”: one another; both of two people together.
otherwise, adj. [OE on othre wisan, in other manner.]
Different; not the same.
otherwise, adv. [see otherwise, adj.]
- In other circumstances.
- In similar respects.
otter, n. [OE otr, ot(t), oter .]
Sea animal; ocean-loving mammal; furry creature that swims well and eats fish.
ought, n. [see nought, pron.]
- Anything; something; aught.
- Phrase. “Ought to” [“or'ter” dialect variant]: obedience; heeding rules, instructions, or counsel.