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extrorse (iou) and Druid (iou)


extrorse (iou)



extrorse adjective. M19.
[Late Latin extrorsus adverb, in an outward direction, from Latin extra (see EXTRA preposition) + versus towards, pa. pple of vertere turn.]
Botany. Of an anther: releasing its pollen on the outside of the flower.

Druid (iou)



Druid noun & adjective. Also druid. M16.
[French druide or Latin druidae, druides pl. from Greek druidai from Gaulish druides.]
A. noun.
A member of an order of priests and teachers among the Celts of ancient Gaul, Britain, and Ireland, later reputed to be magicians and soothsayers. M16.
A philosophic bard or poet; a priest, a chaplain. M17.
A member of any of various groups that are held to be present-day representatives of ancient Druidism or to be derived from it; (a title of) any of certain officers of the Welsh Gorsedd. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Druids. L17.
Druid stone: of which the megalithic monument Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire is made.
T. Warton Here Poesy..In Druid songs her solemn spirit breath'd.
Drui'dess noun (now rare) a female Druid M18.
Dru'idic adjective = DRUID adjective L18.
Dru'idical adjective = DRUID adjective M18.
Druidism noun the religious and philosophical system of Druids E18.
Druidry noun (rare) = Druidism M19.