Part 182

<hw>Ad*na"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.</def>

<h1>Adnominal</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad*nom"i*nal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ad + nomen</ets> noun.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.</def> <i>Gibbs</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Ad*nom"i*nal*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Adnoun</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad"noun`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ad-</ets> + <ets>noun</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>An adjective, or attribute.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Adnubilated</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad*nu"bi*la`ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adnubilatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adnubilare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Clouded; obscured.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Ado</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>A*do"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, (1) <tt>v. inf.</tt>, (2) <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>at do</ets>, northern form for <ets>to do</ets>. Cf. <er>Affair</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To do; in doing; <as>as, there is nothing</as>.</def> "What is here <i>ado</i>?"

<i>J. Newton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; <as>as, to make a great <ex>ado</ex> about trifles</as>.</def>

<blockquote>With much <b>ado</b>, he partly kept awake. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let's follow to see the end of this <b>ado</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adobe</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>A*do"be</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, <as>as, an <ex>adobe</ex> house, in Texas or New Mexico</as>.</def>

<h1>Adolescence</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad`o*les"cence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Fr., fr. L. <ets>adolescentia</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.</def>

<h1>Adolescency</h1> <Xpage=23>

<hw>Ad`o*les"cen*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness.</def>

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<h1>Adolescent</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>Ad`o*les"cent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adolescens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>adolescere</ets> to grow up to; <ets>ad</ets> + the inchoative <ets>olescere</ets> to grow: cf. F. <ets>adolescent</ets>. See <er>Adult</er>.]</ety> <def>Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.</def>

<blockquote>Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain their <b>adolescent</b> charge too long. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adolescent</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>Ad`o*les"cent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A youth.</def>

<h1>Adonean</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>Ad`o*ne"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Adon<?/us</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic.</def> "Fair <i>Adonean</i> Venus."