See Also: Ivory(medicine)
ivory(dictionary)
ivory(encyclopedia)
ivory(dictionary)
Ivory Coast map(tourism)
ivory tower(dictionary)
Merchant-Ivory(dictionary)
Ivory Coast(tourism)
ivory carving(encyclopedia)
ivory (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

legist (iou) and ivory (oh)


legist (iou)



legist noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French legiste or medieval Latin legista, from Latin leg-, lex law: see -IST.]
A person knowledgeable in the law. LME.
spec. A member of a group of legal philosophers in the early Han dynasty in China. M20.
legister noun [Old French legistre var. (infl. by ministre etc.) of legiste LEGIST] = LEGIST 1 ME-M16.

ivory (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: ivoire, from Latin ebor, from Egyptian ab 'elephant, ivory']
[U] the hard smooth yellowish-white substance from the tusks (=long teeth) of an elephant
::an ivory chess set
[U] a yellowish white colour
::an ivory silk wedding gown
[C often plural] something made of ivory, especially a small figure of a person or animal
::a collection of Chinese ivories