aigret | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigrette |
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aigrette | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigret |
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digress | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: divagate, stray, wander |
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(verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, sidetrack, straggle |
digression | (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion |
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(noun) wandering from the main path of a journey | Synonyms: excursion |
(noun) a message that departs from the main subject | Synonyms: aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
digressive | (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling |
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(adjective) of superficial relevance if any | Synonyms: tangential |
digressiveness | (noun) The characteristic quality of poetry that is marked by departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; or by an exploration of a different or unrelated concern. | - |
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emigre | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigree, outgoer |
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emigree | (noun) someone who leaves one country to settle in another | Synonyms: emigrant, emigre, outgoer |
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filigree | (noun) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire) | Synonyms: filagree, fillagree |
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(verb) make filigree, as with a precious metal | - |
maigre | (noun) large European marine food fish | Synonyms: maiger, Sciaena aquila |
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pedigree | (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | Synonyms: pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred |
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(noun) ancestry of a purebred animal | Synonyms: bloodline |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, stemma, stock |
(noun) line of descent of a purebred animal | - |
pedigreed | (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | Synonyms: pedigree, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred |
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tigress | (noun) a female tiger | - |
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vinaigrette | (noun) oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic | Synonyms: French dressing, sauce vinaigrette |
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