Helen Fenton

Agnostic: Definition and part of speech

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Agnostic

  1. n. One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc.
  2. a. Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.

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.

Agnomen: Definition and part of speech

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Agnomen

  1. n. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.
  2. n. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

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.

Agnate: Definition and part of speech

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Agnate

  1. n. A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
  2. a. Related or akin by the father’s side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.
  3. a. Allied; akin.

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.