Pshaw
(Pshaw) v. i. To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation " Pshaw!"
The goodman used regularly to frown and pshaw wherever this topic was touched upon.
Sir W. Scott. Psilanthropic
(Psi`lan*throp"ic) a. [see Psilanthropist.] Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. "A
psilanthropic explanation." Coleridge.
Psilanthropism
(Psi*lan"thro*pism) n. Psilanthropy.
Psilanthropist
(Psi*lan"thro*pist) n. [Gr. bare, mere + a man.] One who believes that Christ was a
mere man. Smart.
Psilanthropy
(Psi*lan"thro*py) n. The doctrine of the merely human existence of Christ.
Psilology
(Psi*lol"o*gy) n. [Gr mere + - logy.] Love of empty of empty talk or noise. Coleridge.
Psilomelane
(Psi*lom"e*lane) n. [Gr. bare + black.] (Min.) A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring
in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color.
Psilopædes
(||Psi`lo*pæ"des) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. bare + offspring.] (Zoöl.) birds whose young at first have
down on the pterylæ only; - - called also Gymnopædes.
Psilopædic
(Psi`lo*pæd"ic) a. (Zoöl.) Having down upon the pterylæ only; — said of the young of certain birds.
Psilosopher
(Psi*los"o*pher), n. [Gr. bare, mere + wise.] A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a
sham philosopher.
Psittaceous
(Psit*ta"ceous Psit"ta*cid) a. [L. psittacus a parrot, Gr. : cf. F. psittacide.] (Zoöl.) Of or
pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. — n. One of the Psittaci.
Psittaci
(||Psit"ta*ci) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The order of birds which comprises the parrots.
Psitta-co-fulvine
(Psit`ta-co-ful"*vine) n. [Gr. a parrot + L. fulvus yellow.] A yellow pigment found in
the feathers of certain parrots.
Psoas
(Pso"as) n. [Gr. a muscle of the loin: cf. f. psoas.] (Anat.) An internal muscle arising from the
lumbar vertebræ and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger
one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.
Psora
(||Pso"ra) n. [L., fr. Gr. .] (Med.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
Psoriasis
(||Pso*ri"a*sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fr. psora.] (Med.) (a) The state of being affected with psora.
[Obs.] (b) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial
layers of the skin.
Psoric
(Pso"ric) a. [L. psoricus, Gr. : cf. F. psorique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to psora.
Psorosperm
(Pso"ro*sperm) n. [Gr. itching + seed.] (Zoöl.) A minute parasite, usually the young of
Gregarinæ, in the pseudonavicula stage.
Psychagogic
(Psy`cha*gog"ic) a. [Gr. . See Psychagogue.] Attractive; persuasive. J. Morley.
Psychagogue
(Psy"cha*gogue) n. [Gr. the soul + to lead.] A necromancer. [R.]
Psychal
(Psy"chal) a. [See Psychical.] Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical. Bayne.
Psyche
(Psy"che) n. [L., fr. Gr. PSychh` Psyche, fr. psychh` the soul.]
