- esthes
- (G). A garment
Dictionary of word roots and combining forms . Donald J. Borror. 2013.
esthes
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esthesiometer — esthesiometry, n. /es thee zee om i teuhr/, n. Med. an instrument for measuring the degree of tactile sensibility. [ESTHES(IS) + O + METER] * * * … Universalium
Grunion — Unterwegs zum Laichplatz Systematik Überordnung: Ährenfischverwandte (Atherinomorpha) Ordnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
wear — {{11}}wear (n.) action of wearing (clothes), mid 15c., from WEAR (Cf. wear) (v.). Meaning what one wears is 1570s. To be the worse for wear is attested from 1782; noun phrase wear and tear is first recorded 1660s, implying the sense process of… … Etymology dictionary
esthesiometer — esˌthēzēˈäməd.ə(r), thēsē noun Etymology: esthesio + meter : an instrument for measuring sensory discrimination; especially : one for determining the distance by which two points pressed against the skin must be separated in order that they may… … Useful english dictionary
hesthogenous — (ˈ)hes|thäjənəs adjective Etymology: irregular from Greek esthēs clothing + English genous : having a covering of down when hatched : dasypaedic … Useful english dictionary
penthestes — penˈtheˌstēz Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek penthein to mourn (akin to Greek penthos grief, sorrow) + esthēs clothing; from its including the black capped variety more at pathos, wear synonym of parus … Useful english dictionary
