n. Adamant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Written in the table of athamaunt. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who believes in Benthamism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of low branching shrubs of West North America.
n. A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. a drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines but to avoid the drug laws, but now a controlled substance. Called also
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‖n. (Zool.) An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also
n. [ From its discoverer, H.
n. [ Xanthic + amide. ] (Chem.) An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance,