- Sir! Did you have a good holiday? Did you go away?
- Yes, I went to France, to Paris.
- Did you have much trouble with your French when you were there?
- No, I didn"t - but the Parisians did.
- domineering person. dictatorship n. [latin: related to *dictate]
DIDACTIC
adj. - meant to instruct.
- (of a person) tediously pedantic. didactically adv. Didacticism n. [greek didasko teach]
DIERESIS
n. (pl. Diereses) (brit. Diaeresis) mark (as in naïve) over a vowel to indicate that it is sounded separately. [greek, = separation]
DIETETIC
adj. Of diet and nutrition. [greek: related to *diet1]
DIFFRACT
v. Break up (a beam of light) into a series of dark and light bands or coloured spectra, or (a beam of radiation or particles) into a series of high and low intensities. diffraction n. Diffractive adj. [latin diffringo: related to *fraction]
DIGITIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) convert (data etc.) Into digital form, esp. For a computer. digitization n.
DILATORY
adj. Given to or causing delay. [latin dilatorius: related to *differ]
DILIGENT
adj. - hard-working.
- showing care and effort. diligence n. Diligently adv. [french from latin diligo love]
DILUVIAL
adj. Of a flood, esp. Of the flood in genesis. [latin: related to *deluge]
