dessert, Fr. dessert, from desservire, to remove from table: the last course at table.

deviate, Lat. deviare, deviatum (via, way), to go out of one's way: to wander.

diary, Lat. diarium, from dies, a day: a

daily record.

diastole, Gr. diastole, from dia, through, and stellein: the dilatations of the heart and arteries. dickens, a contraction of the diminutive devilkins.

digest, Lat. digerere, digestum, to separate, to dissolve, from di (= dis), apart, and gerere, to bear: to arrange methodically.

dight, A.-S. dihtan, to arrange or ar

ray: dressed, adorned. dilapidation, Lat. dilapidare, to scatter

like stones, from di (= dis) and lapis, gen. lapidis, a stone: state of being reduced to decay.

dint, A.-S. dynt, stroke, blow: impression.

discourage, prefix dis, with a privative force, and Fr. courage, from Fr. cœur, Lat. cor, the heart: to dishearten.

discourse, v., Lat. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro: to carry on the act of reasoning.

discover, Fr. découvrir, to

uncover;

hence primarily to show, and secondarily to reveal, to find out : used by Bunyan in its primary

sense.

dissidence, Lat. dissidere, from dis, apart,

and sedere, to sit, hence to disagree: disagreement, dissent. ditty, A.-S. diht, said, repeated: a lit

tle poem intended to be sung. divinity, Lat. divinitas, from divinus,

deus, God: used by Addison in the sense of theology, of which word it is etymologically an exact synonym (Lat. deus=Gr. theos).

document, Lat. documentum, from docere, to teach: anything furnishing proof or evidence.

dole, A.-S. dælan, to divide to deal out in small portions.

dualism, Lat. dualis, from duo, two: doubleness.

dudgeon, Welsh dygen, anger, grudge : discord.

ecstasy, Gr. ekstasis (from ex, out, and istanai, to set), a rapt condition of mind: rapture. effigy, Lat. effigies, from e (= ex) and fingere, to shape out: the image or likeness of a person. effluvium, pl. effluvia, Lat. effluere (from ef for ex, out, and fluere, to flow) : subtle or invisible emanation. endorser, Lat. dorsum, the back: one

who writes on the back of a promissory note, as evidence of responsibility.

ensign, from Lat. insigne (in and sig

num, a sign): a badge or flag. enthusiast, Gr. enthousiastes, from en, in, and theos, a god, lit. one who believed himself moved by a divinity one whose mind is wholly possessed by what engages it; a

zealot.

envy, Lat. invidia, from invidere, to look with enmity: used by Shakespeare in the specific signification of malice, ill-will. epicure, from the name Epicurus, the famous Greek philosopher who assumed pleasure to be the highest good a follower of Epi

curus.

epitaph, Gr. epi, on, and taphos, a tomb:

an inscription on a monument in memory of the dead. epitome, Gr. epitome, from epitemnein, to cut on the surface: an abridgment, a compendium. equivocation, Lat. equivocare, from

tiis, out of favor or kindness: for nothing.

grotesque, Fr. grotesque, It. grottesa, lit. like the figures found in grottos: whimsical; of extravagant or irregular form.

woollen cloth.

gambol, Fr. gambiller, from gambe (= jambe), the leg, to kick about: a skipping or leaping about in frolic. garbage (O. Eng. garbash, properly

that which is purged or cleansed away), from O. Fr. garber, to make neat lit. the bowels of an animal; hence the refuse animal and vegetable matter from a kitchen. garish, A.-S. gearn, prepared, showy: dazzling.

glebe, Lat. gleba, clod, ground: soil, ground.

gossip, A.-S. god, God, and sib, rela

tion; a relation or sponsor in baptism: an idle tattler. grain, Lat. granum, the seed-like form

of an insect, from which red dyes were prepared: used by Milton in the sense of a shade of purple.

grandiloquence, Lat. grandis, grand, and loqui, to speak: the use of lofty words or phrases; bombast.

habere, to have, be in a condi

tion): used in the plural to sig. nify garments, dress.

hale, v., to drag. The modern form is haul; the word is connected with hail, to call, and so to fetch. The Dutch halen has both meanings. hamlet, A.-S. ham, home, house, and

let, the diminutive termination: a small village.

hassock, 2., Scottish hassock, a large

round turf used as a seat: a thick mat for kneeling on in church.

hautboy, n., Fr. hautbois (that is, haut, high, and bois, wood): an oboe, or musical instrument of the clarinet type.

hearse, Fr. herse, a harrow; hence a kind of candlestick in the form of a harrow, having branches filled with lights and placed at the head of graves or cenotaphs; whence hearse came to be used for the grave, coffin, or chest containing the dead.

heaven, A.-S. hefan, to heave, and hence

lit. that which is heaved or arched over us: used by Pope as a synonym of God. heraldry, O. Fr. herald, from Ger. he

rold, composed of two roots signifying one who serves the army: the art of recording genealogies and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial.

hereditary, Lat. heres, heredis, an heir:

descended by inheritance.

hight, p. p. of A.-S. hatan, to be called:

was named. hobgoblin, hob, originally an abbreviation of robin (Robin Goodfellow, a domestic sprite), and goblin, from L. Lat. gobelinus, a mischievous knave (Ger. Kobold): a frightful apparition; an imp. homage, through Fr. homage, from Lat. homo, a man. "Homo" under the feudal system had the sense of vassal: lit. the state of being a vassal under a lord, and hence reverential submission.

Homage signifies reverential submission to a superior; fealty denotes

a faithful adherence to the obligations we owe to superior authority. "We pay our homage to men of pre-eminent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided."-WEbster.

homicide, n., Lat. homicidium, from homo, a man, and cædere, to kill: lit. manslaughter (though, if felonious, it may be murder). By Milton it is used metaphorically. homily, Gr. homilia, communion, sermon: a serious discourse. honest, Lat. honestus (one of the meanings of which is beautiful), from honor (one of the meanings of which is beauty): used by Dryden in the special sense of beautiful, handsome.

humor, Lat. humor, from humere, to be

moist; that is, lit., the fluids of the body. As the state of mind Iwas in old times believed to depend on these fluids, the word acquired the force of disposition, temper, mood, with various allied meanings; used by Bacon in the sense of disposition, whim. husbandry, A.-S. husbanda, the master

of a house, through v. husband, to direct with prudence: management, thrift.

hussy, contracted from huswife, housewife an ill-behaved woman or girl.

impediment, Lat. impedimentum, from im (=in), and pes, pedis, the foot: obstruction.

impugn, Lat. impugnare, from im (= in), and pugnare, to fight: to call in question, gainsay. incongruous, Lat. in, not, and congruus (=congruous), from congruere, to agree not befitting, unsuitable. inert, Lat. iners, from in, not, and ars, lit. unskilled: sluggish. infection, Lat. infectio, from inficere, to stain, infect: contamination. Contagion means spreading by intercourse; while infection signifies a more hidden and diffusive power.

infinite, Lat. infinitus (from in, with

out, and finis, end): without end, unlimited.

insect, Lat. insectum, from insecare, in

sectum, to cut in; originally given to small animals whose bodies seem to be cut in, or almost divided. Coleridge wittily defined the insect as life in sections." insult, v., Lat. insultare, from in, and salire, to leap upon: to affront. insuperable, Lat. insuperabilis, from su

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