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Traditional English :: obeisance
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obeisnt.html - n. 1 a bow, curtsey, or other respectful or submissive gesture (make an obeisance). 2 homage, submission, deference (pay obeisance). obeisant adj. obeisantly adv. [ME f. OF obeissance (as OBEY)] |
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Traditional English :: obeisance
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obeisnt.html - n. 1 a bow, curtsey, or other respectful or submissive gesture (make an obeisance). 2 homage, submission, deference (pay obeisance). obeisant adj. obeisantly adv. [ME f. OF obeissance (as OBEY)] |
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English Idioms :: obey the call of nature
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obeisnt.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To go to the bathroom to relieve oneself by urinating or defecating. * /Ted was hiking in the mountains when suddenly he had to answer the call of nature but since there was no bathroom in the woods, he excused himself and disappeared behind the bushes./ |
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English Idioms :: obey the call of nature
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obeisnt.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To go to the bathroom to relieve oneself by urinating or defecating. * /Ted was hiking in the mountains when suddenly he had to answer the call of nature but since there was no bathroom in the woods, he excused himself and disappeared behind the bushes./ |
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Traditional English :: OBE
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obeisnt.html - abbr.
(in the UK) Officer of the Order of the British Empire. |
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Traditional English :: obeah
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obeisnt.html - n.
(also obi) a kind of sorcery practised esp. in the West Indies. [W. Afr.] |
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