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BelectureBelecture Be*lec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belectured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Belecturing.]
To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently. BelecturedBelecture Be*lec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belectured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Belecturing.]
To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently. BelecturingBelecture Be*lec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belectured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Belecturing.]
To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently. Cimex LectulariusBedbug Bed"bug`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex
Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially
beds. See Illustration in Appendix. Cimex lectulariusChinch Chinch, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. cimex.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
2. (Zo["o]l.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the
United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and
other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug,
chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting
odor. Curtain lectureCurtain Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance. Delectus
Delectus De*lec"tus, n. [L., selection, from deligere,
delectum, to select.]
A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or
Greek. --G. Eliot.
G neglectusCricket Crick"et (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet,
criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D.
kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zo["o]l.)
An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied
genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing
together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
Note: The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus;
the common large black crickets of America are G.
niger, G. neglectus, and others.
Balm cricket. See under Balm.
Cricket bird, a small European bird (Silvia locustella);
-- called also grasshopper warbler.
Cricket frog, a small American tree frog (Acris gryllus);
-- so called from its chirping. Intellectual
Intellectual In`tel*lec"tu*al, n.
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh, Whose
higher intellectual more I shun. --Milton.
I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise. --De
Quincey.
Intellectual
Intellectual In`tel*lec"tu*al (?; 135), a. [L. intellectualis:
cf. F. intellectuel.]
1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as,
intellectual powers, activities, etc.
Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or
intellectual powers. --I. Watts.
2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding;
having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or
thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity;
as, an intellectual person.
Who would lose, Though full of pain, this
intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander
through eternity? --Milton.
3. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and
existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the
intellect; as, intellectual employments.
4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as,
intellectual philosophy, sometimes called ``mental'
philosophy.
Intellectualism
Intellectualism In`tel*lec"tu*al*ism, n.
1. Intellectual power; intellectuality.
2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
Intellectualist
Intellectualist In`tel*lec"tu*al*ist, n.
1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
[R.] --Bacon.
2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
Intellectualize
Intellectualize In`tel*lec"tu*al*ize, v. t.
1. To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss
intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express
intellectually; to idealize.
Sentiment is intellectualized emotion. --Lowell.
2. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities
upon; to cause to become intellectual.
Intellectually
Intellectually In`tel*lec"tu*al*ly, adv.
In an intellectual manner.
Lectual
Lectual Lec"tu*al (-t[-u]*al), a. [LL. lectualis, fr. L.
lectus bed.] (Med.)
Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease.
LectureLecture Lec"ture (-t[-u]r; 135), n. [F. lecture, LL. lectura,
fr. L. legere, lectum, to read. See Legend.]
1. The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
[Obs.]
2. A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or
methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes,
a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
3. A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
4. (Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson. LectureLecture Lec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lectured (-t[-u]rd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Lecturing.]
1. To read or deliver a lecture to.
2. To reprove formally and with authority. Lecture
Lecture Lec"ture, v. i.
To deliver a lecture or lectures.
LecturedLecture Lec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lectured (-t[-u]rd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Lecturing.]
1. To read or deliver a lecture to.
2. To reprove formally and with authority. Lecturer
Lecturer Lec"tur*er (-[~e]r), n.
One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
Lectureship
Lectureship Lec"ture*ship, n.
The office of a lecturer.
LecturingLecture Lec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lectured (-t[-u]rd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Lecturing.]
1. To read or deliver a lecture to.
2. To reprove formally and with authority. LecturnLecturn Lec"turn (l[e^]k"t[u^]rn), n. [LL. lectrinum, fr.
lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.]
A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which
the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read;
hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and
lettern.] --Fairholt. Superintellectual
Superintellectual Su`per*in`tel*lec"tu*al, a.
Being above intellect.
Meaning of Lectu from wikipedia
- "Difficile
lectu", K. 559, is a
canon composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The music, in F major, is set for
three singers. The
words are most likely...
- unpublished) as well as the
autographs of Mozart's
scatological canons "Difficile
lectu" and "O du
eselhafter Peierl".
Zweig sent
copies of the Bäsle
letters to...
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Orocrambus lectus is a moth in the
family Crambidae. It was
described by
Alfred Philpott in 1929. It is
endemic to New Zealand,
where it has been recorded...
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Algibacter lectus is a Gram-negative,
facultatively anaerobic,
heterotrophic and
motile bacterium from the
genus of
Algibacter which has been isolated...
- sung
immediately following "Difficile
lectu". For the tale of how
these two
canons originated, see "Difficile
lectu".
Mozart later transposed "O du eselhafter...
- swimming, Colymbetes, sive de arte
natandi dialogus et
festivus et
iucundus lectu (The Swimmer, or A
Dialogue on the Art of
Swimming and
Joyful and Pleasant...
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error about the
Goethe source: the line
occurs in the
third act. "Difficile
lectu" – a
canon with a
disguised Latin version of the same text "Bona nox" –...
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various kinds of beds for repose.
These included:
lectus cubicularis, or
chamber bed, for
normal sleeping lectus genialis, the
marriage bed, it was much decorated...
- Lectivores, such as many termites,
gather dead
plant material (Latin:
lectus=bed
which is the root of the word litter, as in leaf-litter) and thanatophages...
- swimming, Colymbetes, sive de arte
natandi dialogus et
festivus et
iucundus lectu (The Swimmer, or A
Dialogue on the Art of
Swimming and
Joyful and Pleasant...
