(n) Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536), Syn. Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards

marasmus

(n) extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders

rasmussen

(n) Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933), Syn. Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen

rask

(n) Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832), Syn. Rasmus Christian Rask

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Chiasmus

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. chiasmo`s a placing crosswise, fr. chia`zein. See Chiasm. ] (Rhet.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus, [ 1913 Webster ]

If e'er to bless thy sons
My voice or hands deny,
These hands let useful skill forsake,
This voice in silence die. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eyasmusket

n. [ Eyas + muske the brid. ] An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forasmuch

conj. In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under For, prep. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inasmuch

adv. [ In + as + much. ] In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Matt. xxv. 45.

Syn. -- Because; since; for; as. See Because. [ 1913 Webster ]

marasmus

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; , fr. &unr_;, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away. ] (Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pining atrophy,
Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marasmus senilis [ L. ], progressive atrophy of the aged. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

因﹍之故

[因﹍之故, yīn zhī gù] inasmuch

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Begeisterung { f }; Enthusiasmus { m }; Begeisterungsfähigkeit { f }; Verve { f }

enthusiasm; verve

Blasmusik { f }

music for brass instruments; playing of a brass band

Chiasmus { m }

chiasmus

Orgasmus { m } | Orgasmen { pl } | Orgasmus erleben; kommen

orgasm | orgasms | to cum

Pleonasmus { m }

pleonasm

Sarkasmus { m }; sarkastische Bemerkung { f } | scharfer Sarkasmus; beißender Sarkasmus | mit beißendem Sarkasmus

sarcasm | poignant sarcasm | with heavy sarcasm

(Enthusiasmus) dämpfen; schwächen; abschwächen; drosseln; ersticken | dämpfend; schwächend; abschwächend; drosselnd; erstickend | gedämpft; geschwächt; abgeschwächt; gedrosselt; erstickt

to damp; to dampen (enthusiasm) | damping; dampening | damped

insofern als; insoweit als

in so far as; inasmuch as

(Unterhaltung) würzen [ übtr. ] | gewürzt mit Sarkasmus

to lace | laced with sarcasm

Bronchospasmus { m }; Krampfzustand der Bronchialmuskulatur [ med. ]

bronchospasm

Spasmus { m }; Verkrampfung { f } [ med. ]

spasm

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