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Traditional English :: obi(1)
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obiesantry.html - var. of OBEAH. |
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Traditional English :: obi(2)
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obiesantry.html - n.
(pl. obis) a broad sash worn with a Japanese kimono. [Jap. obi belt] |
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Traditional English :: obit
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obiesantry.html - n.
colloq. an obituary. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: obiter dictum
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obiesantry.html - n. (pl. obiter dicta) 1 a judge's expression of opinion uttered in court or giving judgement, but not essential to the decision and therefore without binding authority. 2 an incidental remark. [L f. obiter by the way + dictum a thing said] |
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Traditional English :: obituary
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obiesantry.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a notice of a death or deaths esp. in a newspaper. 2 an account of the life of a deceased person. 3 (attrib.) of or serving as an obituary. obituarial adj. obituarist n. [med.L obituarius f. L obitus death f. obire obit- die (as OB-, ire go)] |
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English Idioms :: obey the call of nature
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obiesantry.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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