Part 446

<hw>An"glo*ma"ni*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Anglo'cf</ets> + <ets>mania</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.</def>

<h1>Anglomaniac</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An`glo*ma"ni*ac</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One affected with Anglomania.</def>

<h1>Anglophobia</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An`glo*pho"bi*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Anglo- + Gr. <?/ fear.]</ety> <def>Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>An"glo*phobe</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Anglo-Saxon</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"glo-Sax"on</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Angli</ets>-<ets>Saxones</ets> English Saxons.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A Saxon of Britain, that is, an <i>English Saxon</i>, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <plu>pl.</plu> <def>The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest.</def>

<blockquote>It is quite correct to call \'92thelstan "King of the <b>Anglo-Saxons</b>," but to call this or that subject of \'92thelstan "an <b>Anglo-Saxon</b>" is simply nonsense. <i>E. A. Freeman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called <i>Old English</i>). See <er>Saxon</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense.</def>

<h1>Anglo-Saxon</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"glo-Sax"on</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.</def>

<h1>Anglo-Saxondom</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"glo-Sax"on*dom</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.</def>

<h1>Anglo-Saxonism</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"glo-Sax"on*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.</def>

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense.</def>

<h1>Angola</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An*go"la</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>Angora</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat.</def>

<h1>Angola pea</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An*go"la pea`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tropical plant <spn>(Cajanus indicus)</spn> and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from <ets>Angola</ets> in Western Africa. Called also <altname>pigeon pea</altname> and <altname>Congo pea</altname>.</def>

<h1>Angor</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An"gor</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Anger</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.</def>

<h1>Angora</h1> <Xpage=57>

<hw>An*go"ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Angora cat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also <altname>Angola cat</altname>. See <er>Cat</er>.</cd> -- <col>Angora goat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.</cd></cs>