As the doctor completed an examination of the patient, he said:
- I can"t find a cause for your complaint. Frankly, I think it"s due to drinking.
- In that case, - said the patient, - I"ll come back when you"re sober.
- hist. Armoured glove. pick up (or take up) the gauntlet accept a challenge. Throw down the gauntlet issue a challenge. [french diminutive of gant glove]
- n. run the gauntlet 1 undergo harsh criticism.
- pass between two rows of people and receive blows from them, as a punishment or ordeal. [swedish gatlopp from gata lane, lopp course]
GAZPACHO
n. (pl. -s) cold spanish soup. [spanish]
GAZUNDER
v. Colloq. Lower an offer made to (a seller) for a property just before the exchange of contracts. [from *gazump, *under]
GEMINATE
—adj. Combined in pairs. —v. (-ting) 1 double, repeat.
- arrange in pairs. gemination n. [latin: related to *gemini]
GEMSTONE
n. Precious stone used as a gem.
GENDARME
n. (in french-speaking countries) police officer. [french gens d'armes men of arms]
GENERATE
v. (-ting) bring into existence; produce. [latin: related to *genus]
GENEROUS
adj. - giving or given freely.
- magnanimous, unprejudiced.
- abundant, copious. generosity n. Generously adv. [latin: related to *genus]
GENETICS
n.pl. (treated as sing.) The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. geneticist n.
GENITIVE
gram. —n. Case expressing possession or close association, corresponding to of, from, etc. —adj. Of or in this case. [latin: related to *genital]
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