Paperweight Pa"per·weight` noun See under Paper , noun
Papery Pa"per·y adjective Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper. Gray.
Papescent Pa·pes"cent adjective [ From
Pap soft food.]
Containing or producing pap; like pap. [ R.]
Arbuthnot.
Papess Pa"pess noun [ French
papesse .]
A female pope; i. e. , the fictitious pope Joan. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Papeterie Pa`pe·terie" noun [ French, paper manufacture, from
papier paper.]
A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.
Paphian Pa"phi·an adjective [ Latin
Paphius , Greek ..., from ... the city Paphos.]
Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.
Paphian Pa"phi·an noun A native or inhabitant of Paphos.
Papier-maché Pa`pier"-ma`ché" noun [ French
papier māché , lit., chewed or mashed paper.]
A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.
Papilio Pa·pil"i·o noun [ Latin , a butterfly.]
(Zoology) A genus of butterflies. » Formerly it included numerous species which are now placed in other genera. By many writers it is now restricted to the swallow- tailed butterflies, like
Papilio polyxenes, or asterias , and related species.
Papilionaceous Pa·pil`io·na"ceous adjective 1. Resembling the butterfly. 2. (Botany) (a) Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea. (b) Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants ( Papilionaceę ) which includes the bean, pea, vetch, clover, and locust.
Papiliones Pa·pil`i·o"nes noun plural [ New Latin See
Papilio .]
(Zoology) The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.
Papilionides Pa·pil`i·on"i·des noun plural [ New Latin ]
(Zoology) The typical butterflies.
Papilla Pa·pil"la noun ;
plural Papillę . [ Latin , a nipple, pimple.]
Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillę of the tongue.
Papillar Pap"il·lar adjective [ Confer French
papillaire .]
Same as Papillose .
Papillary Pap"il·la·ry adjective [ Confer French
papillaire .]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillę; bearing, or covered with, papillę; papillose.
Papillate Pap"il·late transitive verb & i. To cover with papillę; to take the form of a papilla, or of papillę.
Papillate Pap"il·late adjective Same as Papillose .
Papilliform Pa·pil"li·form adjective [
Papilla +
-form .]
Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.
Papilloma Pap`il·lo"ma noun ;
plural Papillomata . [ New Latin See
Papilla , and
- Oma .]
(Medicine) A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillę of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. Quain.
Papillomatous Pap`il·lo"ma·tous adjective (Medicine) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, papillomata.
Papillose Pap"il·lose` adjective [ Confer French
papilleux .]
Covered with, or bearing, papillę; resembling papillę; papillate; papillar; papillary.
Papillote Pap"il·lote noun [ French, from
papillon a butterfly.]
a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl; a curl paper.
Papillous Pap"il·lous adjective Papillary; papillose.
Papillulate Pa·pil"lu·late adjective (Zoology) Having a minute papilla in the center of a larger elevation or depression.
Papion Pa"pi·on noun [ Prob. from native name: confer Spanish
papion .]
(Zoology) A West African baboon ( Cynocephalus sphinx ), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.
Papism Pa"pism noun [ French
papisme . See
Pape ,
Pope .]
Popery; -- an offensive term. Milton.
Papist Pa"pist noun [ French
papiste . See
Pape ,
Pope .]
A Roman catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.
Papistic, Papistical Pa·pis"tic, Pa·pis"tic·al adjective [ Confer French
papistique .]
Of or pertaining to the Church of Rome and its doctrines and ceremonies; pertaining to popery; popish; -- used disparagingly. "The old
papistic worship."
T. Warton. --
Pa*pis"tic*al*ly ,
adverb
Papistry Pa"pist·ry noun The doctrine and ceremonies of the Church of Rome; popery. [ R.]
Whitgift.
Papized Pa"pized adjective [ From
Pape .]
Conformed to popery. [ Obsolete] "
Papized writers."
Fuller.
Papoose Pa·poose" noun A babe or young child of Indian parentage in North America.
Pappiform Pap"pi·form adjective (Botany) Resembling the pappus of composite plants.
Pappoose Pap·poose" noun Same as Papoose . Pappoose root .
(Botany) See Cohosh .
Pappose Pap·pose" adjective (Botany) Furnished with a pappus; downy.
Pappous Pap"pous adjective (Botany) Pappose.
Pappus Pap"pus noun [ Latin , an old man or grandfather; hence, a substance resembling gray hairs, Greek ....]
(Botany) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositę ; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order.
Pappy Pap"py adjective [ From
Pap soft food.]
Like pap; soft; succulent; tender. Ray.
Paprika Pa"pri·ka noun Also
Pa"pri*ca [ Hung.
paprika Turkish pepper; probably through G.]
The dried ripened fruit of Capsicum annuum or various other species of pepper; also, the mildly pungent condiment prepared from it.
Papuan Pap"u·an adjective Of or pertaining to Papua.
Papuars Pap"u·ars noun plural ; sing.
Papuan (Ethnol.) The native black race of Papua or New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.
Papula Pap"u·la noun ;
plural Papulę . [ Latin ]
1. (Medicine) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. Quain. 2. (Zoology) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
Papular Pap"u·lar adjective 1. Covered with papules. 2. (Medicine) Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules; as, a papular eruption.
Papule Pap"ule noun ;
plural Papules Same as Papula .
Papulose Pap"u·lose` adjective (Biol.) Having papulę; papillose; as, a papulose leaf.
Papulous Pap"u·lous adjective [ Confer French
pap...leux .]
Covered with, or characterized by, papulę; papulose.
Papyraceous Pap`y·ra"ceous adjective [ Latin
papyraceus made of
papyrus .]
Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.
Papyrean Pa·pyr"e·an adjective Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous.
Papyrine Pap"y·rine noun [ Confer French
papyrin made of paper. See
Paper .]
Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.
Papyrograph Pa·pyr"o·graph noun [
Papyrus +
-graph .]
An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph , Hectograph , Manifold .
Papyrography Pap`y·rog"ra·phy noun The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by means of the papyrograph. --
Pap`y*ro*graph"ic adjective
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