Helen Fenton

Argon: Definition and part of speech

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Argon

  1. n. A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Argonaut: Definition and part of speech

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Argonaut

  1. n. A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.
  2. n. Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aretaics: Definition and part of speech

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Aretaics

  1. n. The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; — contrasted with eudemonics.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aretology: Definition and part of speech

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Aretology

  1. n. That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.