One evening Sherlock Holmes was going along the street and suddenly saw a man down…
- It’s certain, this gentleman is very tired after work… or he is dead drunk… or he is after being with a woman, … — reflected Holmes. As it’s Sunday today, he can’t be coming back from work… At such a late hour all shops are closed, and he couldn’t buy alcohol. So he is coming back from a woman. But in this remote place there are only two women — Watson’s wife and mine. Consequently, as I’m coming back from Watson’s wife, …
- Watson, rascal, get up!!!
adj. - (of feelings, actions, etc.) Experienced or done by each of two or more parties to or towards the other(s) (mutual affection).
- colloq. Common to two or more persons (a mutual friend).
- having the same (specified) relationship to each other (mutual well-wishers). mutuality n. Mutually adv. [latin mutuus borrowed]
MUZZLE
—n. - projecting part of an animal's face, including the nose and mouth.
- guard, usu. Of straps or wire, put over an animal's nose and mouth to stop it biting or feeding.
- open end of a firearm. —v. (-ling) 1 put a muzzle on.
- impose silence on. [medieval latin musum]
MYOPIA
n. - short-sightedness.
- lack of imagination or insight. myopic adj. Myopically adv. [greek muo shut, ops eye]
MYRIAD
literary —n. An indefinitely great number. —adj. Innumerable. [greek murioi 10,000]
MYRTLE
n. Evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and white scented flowers. [greek murtos]
MYSELF
pron. - emphat. Form of *i2 or *me1 (i saw it myself).
- refl. Form of *me1 (i was angry with myself). be myself see *oneself. I myself i for my part (i myself am doubtful). [old english: related to *me1, *self]
MYSTIC
—n. Person who seeks by contemplation etc. To achieve unity with the deity, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the understanding. —adj. = *mystical. mysticism n. [greek mustes initiated person]
MACABRE
adj. Grim, gruesome. [french]
MACADAM
n. - broken stone as material for road-making.
- = *tarmacadam. macadamize v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing). [mcadam, name of a surveyor]
MACAQUE
n. A kind of monkey, e.g. The rhesus monkey and barbary ape, with prominent cheek-pouches. [portuguese, = monkey]
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