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onyx, plasma; sard[obs3], sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot[ISA:gemst one], tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby, synthetic

ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais[obs3]; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois[obs3], turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite[obs3], cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone[obs3]. [jewelry materials der ived from living organisms] pearl, cultured pearl, fresh-water pearl; mother of pearl; coral. [person who sells jewels] jeweler. [person who studies gemstones] gemologist; minerologist. [person who cuts gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian. [stu dy of gemstones] gemology, gemmology; minerology. V. shine like a diamond. Adj. bejeweled; diamond &c. n[gemstones].. gemological. #848. Blemish. N. blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism[obs3]; flaw, defect &c. (imperfection) 651; injury &c. (deterioration) 659; spots on the sun|!; eyesore. stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur. tarnish, smudge; dirt &c. 653. [blemish on a person's skin: list] freckle, mole, macula[Anat], patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip[obs3], blubber lip; blain[obs3], maculation, ; scar, wem|; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple &c. (protuberance) 250. V. disfigure &c. (injure) 659; speckle. Adj. pitted, freckled, discolored; imperfect &c. 651; blobber-lipped, bloodshot; injured &c. (deteriorated) 659. #849. Simplicity. N. simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress, chastity. V. be simple &c. adj. render simple &c. adj.; simplify, uncomplicate. Adj. simple, plain; homely, homespun; ordinary, household. unaffected; ingenuous, sincere (artless) 703; free from affectation, free from ornament; simplex munditiis [Lat][Horace]; sans facon[Fr], en deshabille[Fr]. chaste, inornate[obs3], severe. unadorned, bare, unornamented, undecked[obs3], ungarnished, unarranged[obs3], untrimmed, unvarnished. bald, flat, dull. Phr. veritatis simplex oratio est[Lat]. < p. 289 > #850. [Good taste.] Taste. N. taste; good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety &c. (discrimination) 465; <gr/to prepon/gr>[Grk]; polish, elegance, grace. judgment, discernment &c. 465. dilettantism, dilettanteism; virtu; fine art; culture, cultivation. [Science of taste] aesthetics. man of taste &c.; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus[obs3], Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum[Lat], stagirite[obs3], euphemist. "caviare to the general" [Hamlet]. V. appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate &c. 465 Adj. in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty; unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; esthetic, aesthetic, artistic; elegant &c 578; euphemistic. to one's taste, to one's mind; after one's fancy; comme il faut[Fr]; tire a quatre epingles[Fr]. Adv. elegantly &c. adj. Phr. nihil tetigit quod non ornavit [Lat][from Johnson's epitaph on

Goldsmith]; chacun a son gout[Fr]; oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus [Lat][Cicero]. #851. [Bad taste.] Vulgarity. N. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism, Vandalism, Got hicism|!; mauvis gout[Fr], bad taste; gaucherie, awkwardness, want of tact; illbreeding &c. (discourtesy) 895. courseness &c. adj[obs3].; indecorum, misbehavio r. lowness, homeliness; low life, mauvais ton[Fr], rusticity; boorishness &c. ad j.; brutality; rowdyism, blackguardism[obs3]; ribaldry; slang &c. (neology) 563. bad joke, mauvais plaisanterie[Fr]. [Excess of ornament] gaudiness, tawdriness; false ornament; finery, frippery, trickery, tinsel, gewgaw, clinquant[obs3]; ba roque, rococo. rough diamond, tomboy, hoyden, cub, unlicked cub[obs3]; clown &c. (commonalty) 876; Goth, Vandal, Boeotian; snob, cad, gent; parvenu &c. 876; fru mp, dowdy; slattern &c. 653. V. be vulgar &c. adj.; misbehave; talk shop, smell of the shop. Adj. in bad taste vulgar, unrefined. coarse, indecorous, ribald, gr oss; unseemly, unbeseeming[obs3], unpresentable[obs3]; contra bonos mores[Lat]; ungraceful &c. (ugly) 846. dowdy; slovenly &c. (dirty) 653; ungenteel, shabby ge nteel; low, common, hoi polloi[Grk] &c. (plebeian) 876; uncourtly[obs3]; uncivil &c. (discourteous) 895; ill bred, ill mannered; underbred; ungentlemanly, ungen tlemanlike; unladylike, unfeminine; wild, wild as an unbacked colt. untutored, u nschooled (ignorant) 491. unkempt. uncombed, untamed, unlicked[obs3], unpolished , uncouth; plebeian; incondite[obs3]; heavy, rude, awkward; homely, homespun, ho me bred; provincial, countrified, rustic; boorish, clownish; savage, brutish, bl ackguard, rowdy, snobbish; barbarous, barbaric; Gothic, unclassical[obs3], dogge rel, heathenish, tramontane, outlandish; uncultivated; Bohemian. obsolete &c. (a ntiquated) 124; unfashionable; newfangled &c. (unfamiliar) 83; odd &c. (ridiculo us) 853. particular; affected &c. 855; meretricious; extravagant, monstrous, hor rid; shocking &c. (painful) 830. gaudy, tawdry, overornamented, baroque, rococo; bedizened, tricked out, gingerbread; obtrusive. #852. Fashion. N. fashion, style, ton, bon ton|!, society; good society, polite society; monde[Fr]; drawing-room, civilized life, civilization, town, beau monde [Fr], high life, court; world; fashionable world, gay world; Vanity Fair; show & c. (ostentation) 822. manners, breeding &c. (politeness) 894; air, demeanor &c. (appearance) 448; savoir faire[Fr]; gentlemanliness[obs3], gentility, decorum, p ropriety, biensance[Fr]; conventions of society; Mrs. Grundy; punctilio; form, f ormality; etiquette, point of etiquette; dress &c. 225. custom &c. 613; mode, vo gue, go; rage &c. (desire) 865; prevailing taste; fad, trend, bandwagon, furore[ obs3], thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word. man of fashion, woman of fashion , man of the world, woman of the world; height of fashion, pink of fashion, star of fashion, glass of fashion, leader of fashion; arbiter elegantiarum &c. (tast e) 850[Lat]; the beautiful people, the fashion set, upper ten thousand &c. (nobi lity) 875; elite &c. (distinction) 873; smart set; the four hundred [U.S.]; in c rowd. V. be fashionable &c. adj., be the rage &c. n.; have a run, pass current. follow the fashion, conform to the fashion, fall in with the fashion, follow the trend, follow the crowd &c. n.; go with the stream &c. (conform) 82; savoir viv re[Fr], savoir faire[Fr]; keep up appearances, behave oneself. set the fashion, bring in the fashion; give a tone to society, cut a figure in society; keep one' s carriage. Adj. fashionable; in fashion &c. n.; a la mode, comme il faut[Fr]; a dmitted in society, admissible in society &c. n.; presentable; conventional &c. (customary) 613; genteel; well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; g entlemanlike[obs3], gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite &c. (courteous) 894. po lished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly; distingue[Fr]; unembarrassed, degage[Fr] ; janty[obs3], jaunty; dashing, fast. modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche; newfangled &c. (unfamiliar) 83; all the rage, all the go|!; with it, in, faddish . in court, in full dress, in evening dress; en grande tenue[Fr] &c. (ornament) 847. Adv. fashionably &c. adj.; for fashion's sake. Phr. a la francaise, a la pa risienne; a l' anglaise[Fr], a l' americaine[Fr]; autre temps autre mauers[Fr]; chaque pays a sa guise[Fr].

< p. 290 > #853. Ridiculousness. N. ridiculousness &c. adj.; comicality, oddity &c. adj.; e xtravagance, drollery. farce, comedy; burlesque &c. (ridicule) 856; buffoonery & c. (fun) 840; frippery; doggerel verses; absurdity &c. 497; bombast &c. (unmeani ng) 517; anticlimax, bathos; eccentricity, monstrosity &c. (unconformity) 83; la ughingstock &c. 857. V. be ridiculous &c. adj.; pass from the sublime to the rid iculous; make one laugh; play the fool, make a fool of oneself, commit an absurd ity. Adj. ridiculous, ludicrous; comical; droll, funny, laughable, pour rire, gr otesque, farcical, odd; whimsical, whimsical as a dancing bear; fanciful, fantas tic, queer, rum, quizzical, quaint, bizarre; screaming; eccentric &c. (unconform able) 83; strange, outlandish, out of the way, baroque, weird; awkward &c. (ugly ) 846. extravagant, outre, monstrous, preposterous, bombastic, inflated, stilted , burlesque, mock heroic. drollish; seriocomic, tragicomic; gimcrack, contemptib le &c. (unimportant) 643; doggerel; ironical &c. (derisive) 856; risible. Phr. r isum teneatis amici [Horace]; rideret Heraclitus; du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas [Napoleon]. #854. Fop. N. fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat|!; exquisite, coxcomb , beau, macaroni, blade, blood, buck, man about town, fast man; fribble, milline r|!; Jemmy Jessamy|!, carpet knight; masher, dude. fine lady, coquette; flirt, v amp. #855. Affectation. N. affectation; affectedness &c. adj.; acting a part &c. v.; pretense &c. (falsehood) 544, (ostentation) 882; boasting &c. 884. charlatanism, quackery, shallow profundity; pretension, airs, pedantry, purism, precisianism, euphuism; teratology &c. (altiloquence) 577. mannerism, simagree, grimace. conc eit, foppery, dandyism, man millinery, coxcombry, puppyism. stiffness, formality , buckram; prudery, demureness, coquetry, mock modesty, minauderie, sentimentali sm; mauvais honte, false shame. affector, performer, actor; pedant, pedagogue, d octrinaire, purist, euphuist, mannerist; grimacier; lump of affectation, precieu se ridicule[Fr], bas bleu[Fr], blue stocking, poetaster; prig; charlatan &c. (de ceiver) 548; petit maitre &c. (fop) 854; flatterer &c. 935; coquette, prude, pur itan. V. affect, act a part, put on; give oneself airs &c. (arrogance) 885; boas t &c. 884; coquet; simper, mince, attitudinize, pose; flirt a fan; overact, over do. Adj. affected, full of affectation, pretentious, pedantic, stilted, stagy, t heatrical, big-sounding, ad captandum; canting, insincere. not natural, unnatura l; self-conscious; maniere; artificial; overwrought, overdone, overacted; euphui st &c. 577. stiff, starch, formal, prim, smug, demure, tire a quatre epingles, q uakerish, puritanical, prudish, pragmatical, priggish, conceited, coxcomical, fo ppish, dandified; finical, finikin; mincing, simpering, namby-pamby, sentimental . Phr. "conceit in weakest bodies strongest works" [Hamlet]. < p. 291 > #856. Ridicule. N. ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision[obs3]; scoffing &c. (disrespect) 929; mockery, quiz|!, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage; quizzing &c. v.; asteism[obs3]. squib, satire, skit, quip, quib[obs3], grin. parody, burlesque, travesty, travestie[obs3]; farce &c. (drama) 599; caricature. buffoonery &c. (fun) 840; practical joke; horseplay. scorn, contempt &c. 930. V. ridicule[transitive], deride, mock, taunt; snigger; laugh in one's sleeve; tease[ridicule lightly], badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze [U.S.]; tehee[obs3]; fleer[obs3]; show up. [i.p.] play upon, play tricks upon; fool to the top of one's bent; laugh at, grin at, smile at; poke fun at. satirize, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty.

turn into ridicule; make merry with; make fun of, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of[obs3]; rally; scoff &c. (disrespect) 929. raise a laugh &c. (amuse) 840; play the fool, make a fool of oneself. Adj. derisory, derisive; mock, mocking; sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, burlesque, Hudibrastic[obs3]; scurrilous &c. (disrespectful) 929. Adv. in ridicule &c. n. #857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock. N. laughingstock, jestingstock[obs3], gazingstock[obs3]; butt, game, fair game; April fool &c. (dupe) 547[obs3]. original, oddity; queer fish, odd fish; quiz, square toes; old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey; buffoon &c. (jester) 844; pantomimist &c. (actor) 599. schlemiel. jest &c. (wit) 842. Phr. dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt[Lat]. % 3. PROSPECTIVE AFFECTIONS % #858. Hope. N. hope, hopes; desire &c. 865; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith &c. (belief) 484; affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance. good omen, good auspices; promise, well grounded hopes; good prospect, bright prospect; clear sky. assumption, presumption; anticipation &c. (expectation) 507. hopefulness, buoyancy, optimism, enthusiasm, heart of grace, aspiration. [person who is hopeful] optimist, utopian, utopist[obs3]. castles in the air, castles in Spain, chateaux en Espagne[Fr], le pot aut lait[F r], Utopia, millennium; day dream, golden dream; dream of Alnaschar[obs3]; airy hopes, fool's paradise; mirage &c. (fallacies of vision) 443; fond hope. beam of hope, ray of hope, gleam of hope, glimmer of hope, flash of hope, dawn of hope, star of hope; cheer; bit of blue sky, silver lining, silver lining of the cloud , bottom of Pandora's box, balm in Gilead; light at the end of the tunnel. ancho r, sheet anchor, mainstay; staff &c. (support) 215; heaven &c. 981. V. hope, tru st, confide, rely on, put one's trust in; lean upon; pin one's hope upon, pin on e's faith upon &c. (believe) 484. feel hope, entertain hope, harbor hope, indulg e hope, cherish hope, feed hope, foster hope, nourish hope, encourage hope, clin g to hope, live in hope, &c. n.; see land; feel assured, rest assured, feel conf ident, rest confident &c. adj. presume; promise oneself; expect &c. (look forwar d to) 507. hope for &c. (desire) 865; anticipate. be hopeful &c. adj.; look on t he bright side of, view on the sunny side, voir en couleur de rose[Fr], make the best of it, hope for the best; put a good face upon, put a bold face upon, put the best face upon; keep one's spirits up; take heart, take heart of grace; be o f good heart, be of good cheer; flatter oneself, "lay the flattering unction to one's soul" catch at a straw[hamlet], hope against hope, reckon one's chickens b efore they are hatched, count one's chickens before they are hatched. [cause hop e] give hope, inspire hope, raise hope, hold out hope &c. n.; promise, bid fair, augur well, be in a fair way, look up, flatter, tell a flattering tale; raise e xpectations[sentient subject]; encourage, cheer, assure, reassure, buoy up, embo lden. Adj. hoping &c. v.; in hopes &c. n.; hopeful, confident; secure &c. (certa in) 484; sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic; heartsome[obs3]; utopian. unsuspecting, unsuspicious; fearless, f ree from fear, free from suspicion, free from distrust, free from despair, exemp t from fear, exempt from suspicion, exempt from distrust, exempt from despair; u

ndespairing[obs3], self reliant. probable, on the high road to; within sight of shore, within sight of land; promising, propitious; of promise, full of promise; of good omen; auspicious, de bon augure[Fr]; reassuring; encouraging, cheering, inspiriting, looking up, bright, roseate, couleur de rose[Fr], rose- colored. A dv. hopefully &c. adj. Int. God speed! Phr. nil desperandum [Lat][Horace]; never say die, dum spiro spero[Lat], latet scintillula forsan[Lat], all is for the be st, spero meliora[

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