Part 1113

<h1>Bignonia</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big*no"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named from the Abb\'82 <ets>Bignon</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. <i>B</i>. <i>capreolata</i> is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.</def>

<h1>Bignoniaceous</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big*no`ni*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.</def>

<h1>Bigot</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"ot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bigot</ets> a bigot or hypocrite, a name once given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly akin to Sp. <ets>bigote</ets> a whisker; hombre de <ets>bigote</ets> a man of spirit and vigor; cf. It. <ets>s-bigottire</ets> to terrify, to appall. Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same source as <ets>Beguine</ets>, <ets>Beghard</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.</def>

<blockquote>To doubt, where <b>bigots</b> had been content to wonder and believe. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bigot</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"ot</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bigoted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In a country more <b>bigot</b> than ours. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bigoted</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"ot*ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others.</def> "<i>Bigoted</i> to strife."

<i>Byron.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Prejudiced; intolerant; narrow-minded.</syn>

<h1>Bigotedly</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"ot*ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a bigot.</def>

<h1>Bigotry</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"ot*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bigoterie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The practice or tenets of a bigot.</def>

<h1>Bigwig</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"wig`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Big</ets>,<tt>a.</tt>+ <ets>wig</ets>.]</ety> <def>A person of consequence; <as>as, the <ex>bigwigs</ex> of society</as>.</def> <mark>[Jocose]</mark>

<blockquote>In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the <b>bigwigs</b> with extreme condescension. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Big-wigged</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Big"-wigged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>characterized by pomposity of manner.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Bihydroguret</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi`hy*drog"u*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>hydroguret</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of two atoms of hydrogen with some other substance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>