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<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj (<b>extremer</b>, <b>extremest</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>very high, or highest, in degree or intensity.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>very far, or furthest, in any direction, especially out from the centre.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>very violent or strong.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>not moderate; severe<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 15c: from Latin <i>extremus</i>, from <i>exterus</i> on the outside.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>relating to FEUD².<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>relating to feudalism.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>relating to a FEU.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>disparaging </i>old-fashioned.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>a system of social and political organization prevalent in W Europe in the Middle Ages, in which powerful land-owning lords granted degrees of privilege and protection to lesser subjects holding a range of positions within a rigid social hierarchy. See also FIEF, LIEGE, VASSAL<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 19c: FEUDAL + -ISM.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>referring to something which exists only as an idea or quality.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>concerned with ideas and theory rather than with things which really exist or could exist.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said of an art form, especially painting: that represents the subject by shapes and patterns, etc rather than in the shape or form it actually has. Compare CONCRETE <POS>adj </POS>2<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>grammar </i>said of a noun: denoting a quality, condition or action rather than a physical thing. Compare CONCRETE <POS>adj </POS>4.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c, meaning ‘derived’: from Latin <i>abs</i> away or from + <i>trahere</i> to draw.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>(<b>the Antarctic</b>) the area round the South Pole<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br>relating to this area<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Greek <i>antarktikos</i> opposite the Arctic or North.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br>said of a human attribute or characteristic: possessed or apparently possessed from birth; innate or hereditary. <i>Technical equivalent </i>CONGENITAL<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>unable to be avoided; certain to happen.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>colloq </i>tiresomely regular or predictable.<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>(<i>especially</i> <b>the inevitable</b>) something that is certain to happen and is unavoidable<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 15c: from Latin <i>inevitabilis</i>.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br>said of a quality, etc: existing as an essential, natural or permanent part<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: see INHERE.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>lawful.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>born to parents who are married to each other, either at the time of the birth or subsequently.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said of an argument or conclusion, etc: reasonable or logical.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said of a sovereign: ruling according to strict hereditary right.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 15c: from Latin <i>legitimare</i> to declare as lawful.