one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune

to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain

of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent

causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous

calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful

to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence

keen insight; shrewdness

to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife

Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon

characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; deferential; fawning:

an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.

serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical

a breach of good manners or etiquette

a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

a docile horse used for ordinary riding, especially by women

to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion