See Also: eluvial(dictionary)

kamikaze (iou) and eluvial (iou)


kamikaze (iou)



kamikaze noun & adjective. L19.
[Japanese = divine wind, formed as KAMI + kaze wind.]
A. noun.
In Japanese tradition, the gale that destroyed the fleet of the invading Mongols in 1281. L19.
In the war of 1939-45, (a crewman of) a Japanese aircraft, usu. loaded with explosives, making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target; a suicide pilot or plane. M20.
Surfing. A deliberately taken wipe-out. M20.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a kamikaze; reckless, dangerous, potentially self-destructive. M20.
Spectator The suicidal self confidence of kamikaze pilots ramming an aircraft-carrier. Evening Standard The kamikaze liberals who prefer glorious defeat. Daily Mail A kamikaze roller-skater who weaves his way through the traffic.

eluvial (iou)



eluvial adjective. M19.
[from e- E- after alluvial.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of eluvium. M19.
Designating soil and soil horizons that have been subject to eluviation. E20.