Direptitious to Disagreeable
Direptitious
(Di*rep*ti"tious) a. Characterized by direption. [R.] Encyc. Dict.
Direptitiously
(Di*rep*ti"tious*ly), adv. With plundering violence; by violent injustice. [R.] Strype.
Dirge
(Dirge) n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou the first word of a funeral hymn (Lat. transl. of
Psalm v. 8) beginning, "Dirige, Domine, in conspectu tuo vitam meam." See Direct, a., and cf. Dirige.]
A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls
Sung dirges at her funeral.
Ford. Dirgeful
(Dirge"ful) a. Funereal; moaning.
Soothed sadly by the dirgeful wind.
Coleridge. Dirige
(Dir"i*ge) n. [L. See Dirge.] A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the
first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge.
Evensongs and placebo and dirige.
Wyclif.
Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture
To sing my dirige with great devotion.
Lamentation of Mary Magdalene. Dirigent
(Dir"i*gent) a. [L. dirigens, p. pr. of dirigere. See Direct, a.] Directing. Baxter.
Dirigent
(Dir"i*gent), n. (Geom.) The line of motion along which a describent line or surface is carried
in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a directrix. Hutton.
Dirigible
(Dir"i*gi*ble) a. Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.
Diriment
(Dir"i*ment) a. [L. dirimens, p. pr. of dirimere. See Dirempt.] (Law) Absolute.
Diriment impediment (R. C. Ch.), an impediment that nullifies marriage.
Dirk
(Dirk) n. [Ir. duirc.] A kind of dagger or poniard; — formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.
Dirk knife, a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.
Dirk
(Dirk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dirking.] To stab with a dirk. Sir W. Scott.
Dirk
(Dirk), a. [See Dark, a.] Dark. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dirk
(Dirk), v. t. To darken. [Obs.] Spenser.
Dirkness
(Dirk"ness), n. Darkness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dirl
(Dirl) v. i. & t. [Cf. Drill, Thrill.] To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Dirt
(Dirt) n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, drita to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedritan.]
1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it
foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Is. lvii. 20. 2. Meanness; sordidness.
Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy.
Melmoth. 3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
