Æruginous to Affectionate
Æruginous
(Æ*ru"gi*nous)
a. [L. aeruginosus, fr. aerugo rust of copper, fr. aes copper: cf. F. érugineux.]
Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.
Ærugo
(||Æ*ru"go)
n. [L. aes brass, copper.] The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.
Aery
(Ae"ry) n. An aerie.
Aëry
(A"ër*y) a. [See Air.] Aërial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. [Poetic] M. Arnold.
Æsculapian
(Æs`cu*la"pi*an)
a. Pertaining to Æsculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.
Æsculapius
(Æs`cu*la"pi*us)
n. [L. Aesculapius, Gr. .] (Myth.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.
Æsculin
(Æs"cu*lin)
n. Same as Esculin.
Æsopian
(Æ*so"pi*an,
E*so"pi*an) a. [L. Aesopius, from Gr. fr. the famous Greek fabulist Æsop ] Of or
pertaining to Æsop, or in his manner.
Æsopic
(Æ*sop"ic,
E*sop"ic) a. [L. Aesopicus, Gr. .] Same as Æsopian.
Æsthesia
(||Æs*the"si*a)
n. [Gr. sensation, fr. to perceive.] (Physiol.) Perception by the senses; feeling; —
the opposite of anæsthesia.
Æsthesiometer
(Æs*the`si*om"e*ter,
Es*the`si*om"e*ter) n. Æsthesia) + -meter.]—> An instrument to measure
the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be
distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.
Æsthesis
(||Æs*the""sis)
n. Sensuous perception. [R.] Ruskin.
Æsthesodic
(Æs`the*sod"ic)
a. [Gr. sensation + a way; cf. F. esthésodique.] (Physiol.) Conveying sensory
or afferent impulses; — said of nerves.
Æsthete
(Æs"thete)
n. [Gr. one who perceives.] One who makes much or overmuch of æsthetics. [Recent]
Æsthetic
(Æs*thet"ic
Æs*thet"ic*al) a. Of or Pertaining to æsthetics; versed in æsthetics; as, æsthetic studies, emotions,
ideas, persons, etc.
— Æs*thet"ic*al*ly, adv.
Æsthetican
(Æs`the*ti"can)
n. One versed in æsthetics.
Æstheticism
(Æs*thet"i*cism)
n. The doctrine of æsthetics; æsthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature
and art. Lowell.
Æsthetics
(Æs*thet"ics,
Es*thet"ics) n. [Gr. perceptive, esp. by feeling, fr. to perceive, feel: cf. G. ästhetik,
F. esthétique.] The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that
which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art.
Æstho-
physiology
(Æs`tho-phys`i*ol"o*gy) n. [Gr. to perceive + E. physiology.] The science of sensation
in relation to nervous action. H. Spenser.
Æstival
(Æs"ti*val)
a. [L. aestivalis, aestivus, fr. aestas summer.] Of or belonging to the summer; as, æstival
diseases. [Spelt also estival.]
Æstivate
(Æs"ti*vate)
v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.]
1. To spend the summer.
