deferent, deferential, regardful
(adjective) showing deference
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)
Showing deference.
(obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
deferent (plural deferents)
(anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
(obsolete, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Source: Wiktionary
Def"er*ent, a. Etym: [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.]
Definition: Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.
Def"er*ent, n.
1. That which carries or conveys. Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. Bacon.
2. (Ptolemaic Astron.)
Definition: An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
