hynapgogic (adj)

taken aback (idiom)

abacterial (adj)
batten (verb)
verb (used without object)
1
to thrive by feeding; grow fat.
2
to feed gluttonously or greedily; glut oneself.
3
to thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, esp. at the expense of others: robber barons who battened on the poor.
verb (used with object)
4
to cause to thrive by or as if by feeding; fatten.
Idiom
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batten down the
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one'shatches,
a.
Nautical. prepare for stormy weather: used as a command.
b.
to prepare to meet an emergency or face a great difficulty: The government must batten down its hatches before the election.
redolent (rd'l-nt)
adj.
1. Having or emitting fragrance; aromatic.
2. Suggestive; reminiscent: a campaign redolent of machine politics.
adjure (verb)
verb (used with object),-jured, -juring.
1
to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty.
2
to entreat or request earnestly or solemnly.
spurn
verb (used with object)
1
to reject with disdain; scorn.
2
to treat with contempt; despise.
3
to kick or trample with the foot.
verb (used without object)
4
to show disdain or contempt; scorn something.
noun
5
disdainful rejection.
6
contemptuous treatment.
7
a kick.
fructuous
\FRUHK-choo-uhs\ , adjective;
1
Fruitful; productive.
Quotes:
It had by now reached much beyond even that status to appear in our minds as a place sentient, actively helping these once forlorn and homeless sailors, presenting us with fructuous soil to grow our food, bountifully adding its own edible offerings, its waters supplying us with an abundance of fish.
-- William Brinkley, Last Ship
Theory does not provide us worthy Marching orders for a fructuous future, for theory in itself tells us nothing about how and when it is applicable.
-- Sheila McNamee and Kenneth J. Gergen, Relational Responsibility
Lagerfeld is talking about reducing his mighty Chanel shows to more intimate experiences. And this collection proved that such a fructuous collaboration with the couture hands deserves to be played out on a quieter note.
-- Suzy Menkes, "Chanel plays pipes, turning tiny tubes of tulle into couture", New York Times , July 1, 2008
Origin:
Fructuous comes from Latin fructuosus , from fructus , "enjoyment, product, fruit," from the past participle of frui , "to enjoy."
to thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, esp. at the expense of others: robber barons who battened on the poor.
to prepare to meet an emergency or face a great difficulty: The government must batten down its hatches before the election.
It had by now reached much beyond even that status to appear in our minds as a place sentient, actively helping these once forlorn and homeless sailors, presenting us with fructuous soil to grow our food, bountifully adding its own edible offerings, its waters supplying us with an abundance of fish.
Theory does not provide us worthy Marching orders for a fructuous future, for theory in itself tells us nothing about how and when it is applicable.
Lagerfeld is talking about reducing his mighty Chanel shows to more intimate experiences. And this collection proved that such a fructuous collaboration with the couture hands deserves to be played out on a quieter note.
-- Suzy Menkes, "Chanel plays pipes, turning tiny tubes of tulle into couture", New York Times , July 1, 2008
Fructuous comes from Latin fructuosus , from fructus , "enjoyment, product, fruit," from the past participle of frui , "to enjoy."
It had by now reached much beyond even that status to appear in our minds as a place sentient, actively helping these once forlorn and homeless sailors, presenting us with fructuous soil to grow our food, bountifully adding its own edible offerings, its waters supplying us with an abundance of fish.
Lagerfeld is talking about reducing his mighty Chanel shows to more intimate experiences. And this collection proved that such a fructuous collaboration with the couture hands deserves to be played out on a quieter note.