- Doctor, doctor! I"ve had a sore stomach ever since I ate three crabs last week.
- Did they smell bad when you took them out of their shells?
- What do you mean "took them out of their shells"?
adj. Gigantic. [from the name gargantua, a giant in rabelais]
GASTEROPOD
var. Of *gastropod.
GASTRONOME
n. Gourmet. [greek gaster stomach, nomos law]
GASTRONOMY
n. Science or art of good eating and drinking. gastronomic adj. Gastronomical adj. Gastronomically adv.
GELATINOUS
adj. Of a jelly-like consistency.
GENERALITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 general statement or rule.
- general applicability.
- lack of detail.
- (foll. By of) main body or majority.
GENERALIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) 1 a speak in general or indefinite terms. B form general notions.
- reduce to a general statement.
- infer (a rule etc.) From particular cases.
- bring into general use. generalization n.
GENERATION
gap n. Differences of outlook between different generations.
- n. - all the people born at about the same time.
- single stage in a family history (three generations were present in the photograph).
- stage in (esp. Technological) development (fourth-generation computers).
- average time in which children are ready to take the place of their parents (about 30 years).
- production, esp. Of electricity.
- procreation. first- (or second-, third-, etc.) Generation (attrib.) Designating a person who emigrated to a place (or whose parents or grandparents etc. Emigrated). [latin: related to *generate]
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