Part 6711

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote><b>Luxury</b> is in wine and drunkenness. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Luxuriance; exuberance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Voluptuousness; epicurism; effeminacy; sensuality; lasciviousness; dainty; delicacy; gratification.</syn>

<h1>Luz</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Luz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute. <i>Brande & C.</i></def>

<h1>-ly</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>-ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[OE. <ets>-lich</ets>, AS. <ets>-lic</ets>, orig. the same word as E. <ets>li<?/e</ets>, a. See <er>Like</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting <i>likeness</i> or <i>resemblance</i>.</def>

<h1>Lyam</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly"am</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Leam</er>.]</ety> <def>A leash.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lycanthrope</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly"can*thrope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ a wolf + <?/ a man.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One affected with lycanthropy.</def>

<h1>Lycanthropia</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly`can*thro"pi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Lycanthropy</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Lycanthropic</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly`can*throp"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to lycanthropy.</def>

<h1>Lycanthropist</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly*can"thro*pist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One affected by the disease lycanthropy.</def>

<h1>Lycanthropous</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly*can"thro*pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lycanthropic.</def>

<h1>Lycanthropy</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly*can"thro*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>lycanthropie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.</def>

<h1>Lyceum</h1> <Xpage=877>

<hw>Ly*ce"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Lyceums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Lycea</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>lyceum</ets>, Gr. <?/, so named after the neighboring temple of <?/ <?/ Apollo the wolf slayer, prob. fr. <?/ belonging to a wolf, fr <?/ wolf. See <er>Wolf</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.</def>