Newly wed wife to her husband:
"That is why I can"t stand you – you are so unpredictable. On Monday you liked the potatoes, Tuesday you liked the potatoes, Wednesday you liked the potatoes, Thursday you said you loved the potatoes preparation, Friday you liked the potatoes, Saturday you liked the potatoes and now all of a sudden on Sunday you say that you don"t like potatoes."
—adj. - of or like country people or country life.
- unsophisticated.
- of rude or rough workmanship.
- made of untrimmed branches or rough timber (rustic bench).
- archit. With a roughened or rough-hewn surface. —n. Country person, peasant. rusticity n. [latin rus the country]
RUSTLE
—v. (-ling) 1 (cause to) make a gentle sound as of dry blown leaves.
- (also absol.) Steal (cattle or horses). —n. Rustling sound. rustle up colloq. Produce at short notice. rustler n. (esp. In sense 2 of v.). [imitative]
RACCOON
var. Of *racoon.
RACQUET
var. Of *racket1.
RADIANT
heat n. Heat transmitted by radiation.
- —adj. - emitting rays of light.
- (of eyes or looks) beaming with joy, hope, or love.
- (of beauty) splendid or dazzling.
- (of light) issuing in rays. —n. Point or object from which light or heat radiates. radiance n. Radiantly adv.
RADIATE
—v. (-ting) 1 a emit rays of light, heat, etc. B (of light or heat) be emitted in rays.
- emit (light, heat, etc.) From a centre.
- transmit or demonstrate (joy etc.).
- diverge or spread from a centre. —adj. Having divergent rays or parts radially arranged.
RADICAL
—adj. - fundamental (a radical error).
- far-reaching; thorough (radical change).
- advocating thorough reform; holding extreme political views; revolutionary.
- forming the basis; primary.
- of the root of a number or quantity.
- (of surgery etc.) Seeking to ensure the removal of all diseased tissue.
- of the roots of words.
- bot. Of the root. —n. - person holding radical views or belonging to a radical party.
- chem. A = *free radical. B atom or a group of these normally forming part of a compound and remaining unaltered during the compound's ordinary chemical changes.
- root of a word.
- math. Quantity forming or expressed as the root of another. radicalism n. Radically adv. [latin: related to *radix]
RADICLE
n. Part of a plant embryo that develops into the primary root; rootlet. [latin: related to *radix]
