Andron
(||An"dron) n. [L. andron, Gr. fr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man.] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment
appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.
Andropetalous
(An`dro*pet"al*ous) a. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + leaf.] (Bot.) Produced by the conversion
of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.
Androphagi
(||An*droph"a*gi) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + to eat.] Cannibals; man-
eaters; anthropophagi. [R.]
Androphagous
(An*droph"a*gous) a. Anthropophagous.
Androphore
(An"dro*phore) n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + to bear.]
1. (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
Androsphinx
(An"dro*sphinx) n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + sphinx.] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a
sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Androspore
(An"dro*spore) n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man + a seed.] (Bot.) A spore of some algæ,
which has male functions.
Androtomous
(An*drot"o*mous) a. (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
Androtomy
(An*drot"o*my) n. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + a cutting. Cf. Anatomy.] Dissection of
the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [R.]
androus
(*an"drous) [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man.] (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen
or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
Anear
(A*near") prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + near.] Near. [R.] "It did not come anear." Coleridge.
The measure of misery anear us.
I. Taylor.
Anear
(A*near"), v. t. & i. To near; to approach. [Archaic]
Aneath
(A*neath") prep. & adv. [Pref. a- + neath for beneath.] Beneath. [Scot.]
Anecdotage
(An"ec*do`tage) n. Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of
lies.
De Quincey.
Anecdotal
(An"ec*do`tal) a. Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
Anecdote
(An"ec*dote) n. [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. not published; 'an priv. + given out, to give out, to publish; out
+ to give. See Dose, n.]
1. pl. Unpublished narratives. Burke.
2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a
single passage of private life.
Anecdotic
(An`ec*dot"ic An`ec*dot"ic*al) a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes. "Anecdotical
traditions." Bolingbroke.
