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Traditional English :: surreal
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surrelism.html - adj. 1 having the qualities of surrealism. 2 strange, bizarre. surreality n. surreally adv. [back-form. f. SURREALISM etc.] |
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Traditional English :: surrealism
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surrelism.html - n. a 20th-c. movement in art and literature aiming at expressing the subconscious mind, e.g. by the irrational juxtaposition of images. surrealist n. & adj. surrealistic adj. surrealistically adv. [F surr alisme (as SUR-(1), REALISM)] |
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Traditional English :: surrebutter
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surrelism.html - n.
Law the plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rebutter. [SUR-(1) + REBUTTER, after SURREJOINDER] |
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Traditional English :: surrejoinder
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surrelism.html - n.
Law the plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rejoinder. [SUR-(1) + REJOINDER] |
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Traditional English :: surrender
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surrelism.html - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. hand over; relinquish possession of, esp. on compulsion or demand; give into another's power or control.
2 intr. a accept an enemy's demand for submission. b give oneself up; cease from resistance; submit.
3 intr. & refl. (foll. by to) give oneself over to a habit, emotion, influence, etc.
4 tr. give up rights under (a life-insurance policy) in return for a smaller sum received immediately.
5 tr. give up (a lease) before its expiry.
6 tr. abandon (hope etc.). --n. the act or an instance of surrendering. surrender to bail duly appear in a lawcourt after release on bail. surrender value the amount payable to one who surrenders a life-insurance policy. [ME f. AF f. OF surrendre (as SUR-(1), RENDER)] |
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Traditional English :: surreptitious
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surrelism.html - adj. 1 covert; kept secret. 2 done by stealth; clandestine. surreptitiously adv. surreptitiousness n. [ME f. L surrepticius -itius f. surripere surrept- (as SUR-(1), rapere seize)] |
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