In a psychiatrist’s waiting room two patients are having a conversation.
One says to the other, "Why are you here?"
The second answers, "I’m Napoleon, so the doctor told me to come here."
The first is curious and asks, "How do you know that you’re Napoleon?"
The second responds, "God told me I was."
At this point, a patient on the other side of the room shouts, "NO I DIDN’T!"
- tune with this. —v. (esp. As lilting adj.) Speak etc. With a lilt; have a lilt. [origin unknown]
LILY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 bulbous plant with large trumpet-shaped flowers on a tall stem.
- heraldic fleur-de-lis. [latin lilium]
- of the valley n. Plant with white bell-shaped fragrant flowers.
- white adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) pure white.
LIMB
n. - arm, leg, or wing.
- large branch of a tree.
- branch of a cross. out on a limb isolated. [old english]
- n. Specified edge of the sun, moon, etc. [latin limbus hem, border]
LIME
—n. - (in full quicklime) white substance (calcium oxide) obtained by heating limestone.
- (in full slaked lime) calcium hydroxide obtained by reacting quicklime with water, used as a fertilizer and in making mortar. —v. (-ming) treat with lime. limy adj. (-ier, -iest). [old english]
- n. - a fruit like a lemon but green, rounder, smaller, and more acid. B tree which produces this fruit.
- (in full lime-green) yellowish-green colour. [french from arabic]
- n. (in full lime-tree) tree with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant creamy blossom. [alteration of line = old english lind = *linden]
LIMN
v. Archaic paint. [french luminer from latin lumino *illuminate]
LIMO
n. (pl. -s) us colloq. Limousine. [abbreviation]
LIMP
—v. Walk or proceed lamely or awkwardly. —n. Lame walk. [perhaps from obsolete limphalt: related to *halt2]
- adj. - not stiff or firm.
- without energy or will. limply adv. Limpness n. [perhaps from *limp1]
LINE
of fire n. Expected path of gunfire etc.
- of vision n. Straight line along which an observer looks.
- printer n. Machine that prints output from a computer a line at a time.
- —n. - continuous mark made on a surface.
- similar mark, esp. A furrow or wrinkle.
- use of lines in art.
- a straight or curved continuous extent of length without breadth. B track of a moving point.
- contour or outline (has a slimming line).
- a curve connecting all points having a specified common property. B (the line) the equator.
- a limit or boundary.
- v. (-ning) 1 cover the inside surface of (a garment, box, etc.) With a layer of usu. Different material.
- serve as a lining for.
- colloq. Fill, esp. Plentifully. [obsolete line linen used for linings]
LING
suffix 1 denoting a person or thing: a connected with (hireling). B having the property of being (weakling) or undergoing (starveling).
- denoting a diminutive (duckling), often derogatory (lordling). [old english]
- n. (pl. Same) long slender marine fish. [probably dutch]
- n. Any of various heathers. [old norse]
LINK
—n. - one loop or ring of a chain etc.
- a connecting part; one in a series. B state or means of connection.
- cuff-link. —v. - (foll. By together, to, with) connect or join (two things or one to another).
- clasp or intertwine (hands or arms).
- (foll. By on, to, in to) be joined; attach oneself to (a system, company, etc.). link up (foll. By with) connect or combine. [old norse]
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