KING'S EVIL

Meaning of KING'S EVIL in English

[king's evil] n, often cap K&E [fr. the former belief that it could be healed by a king's touch] (14c): scrofula

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KING'S EVIL — noun Usage: often capitalized K&E Etymology: from the former belief that it could be healed by a king's touch Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KING'S EVIL — noun Usage: often capitalized K&E Etymology: Middle English kinges evil; from the belief that it could be healed by the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KING'S EVIL — scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign. [ 1350-1400; ME …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KING'S EVIL — n. scrofula, tuberculosis of the lymph glands of the neck (in the past it was believed to be curable by …
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KING'S EVIL — Usage: often capitalized K&E Etymology: from the former belief that it could be healed by a king's touch Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KING'S EVIL — Function: noun Usage: often cap K&E Etymology: from the former belief that it could be healed by a king's touch …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KING'S EVIL — ■ noun (usu. the ~ ) historical scrofula, formerly held to be curable by the royal touch.
Concise Oxford English vocab
KING'S EVIL — scrofula (q.v.), or struma, a tuberculous swelling of the lymph glands, once popularly supposed to be curable by the touch …
Britannica English vocabulary
KING'S-EVIL — n. Scrofula, struma.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
KING'S EVIL — разг. золотуха Syn : scrofula (разговорное) золотуха
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KING'S EVIL — золотуха
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KING'S EVIL — разг. золотуха
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KING'S EVIL — разг.золотуха Syn:scrofula
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KING'S EVIL — золотуха
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KING'S EVIL — разг. золотуха
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KING'S EVIL — разг. золотуха
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KING'S EVIL — n. золотуха, скрофулез
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KING'S EVIL — n. золотуха, скрофулез
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KING'S EVIL — разг. золотуха Syn: scrofula
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KING'S EVIL — золотуха
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KING'S EVIL — разг. золотуха Syn: scrofula
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
KING'S EVIL — золотуха
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
KING'S EVIL — золотуха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
KING'S EVIL — _n. _собир. золотуха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
KING'S EVIL — n. собир. золотуха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
KING'S EVIL — золотуха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
KING'S EVIL — _n. _разг. золотуха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
KING'S EVIL — разг. золотуха Syn : scrofula (разговорное) золотуха
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
KING'S EVIL — золотуха
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
KING — I Male sovereign over a nation or territory, of higher rank than any other ruler except an emperor . A …
Английский словарь Британика
KING — I. ˈkiŋ noun ( -s ; except sense 13a ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English kyning, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — I. ˈēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil adjective ( sometimes eviler or eviller ; evilest or evillest ) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; …
Английский словарь Webster
KING — — kingless , adj. — kinglessness , n. — kinglike , adj. /king/ , n. 1. a male sovereign or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — — evilly , adv. — evilness , n. /ee"veuhl/ , adj. 1. morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KING — v. make king, crown as king; rule as king, reign as king; act like a king; make a game piece …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EVIL — I. ˈē-vəl, Britain often & US also ˈē-(ˌ)vil adjective ( evil·er or evil·ler ; evil·est or evil·lest ) Etymology: Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KING — noun the chief piece in the game of chess. 2. king ·noun a crowned man in the game of draughts. …
Webster English vocab
EVIL — noun malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. 2. evil ·adv in an evil manner; not …
Webster English vocab
EVIL — [evil] adj evil.er or evil.ler ; evil.est or evil.lest [ME, fr. OE yfel; akin to OHG ubil evil] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KING — king, King BrE AmE kɪŋ ▷ kings, King's kɪŋz ▶ ₍ˌ₎ King ˈ George BrE AmE ▶ King ˌ James …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EVIL — evil BrE AmE ˈiːv ə l -ɪl ▷ evil|s z ▶ ˌ evil ˈ eye BrE AmE ▶ ˈ Evil …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KING — / kɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. the male ruler of an independent state that has a royal family : the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — / ˈiːvl; NAmE ; ˈiːvɪl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. ( of people ) enjoying harming others; morally bad …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KING — I. King, Don BrE AmE (1931–) a US BOXING PROMOTER (=someone who arranges and advertises boxing matches) known for working …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KING — king W1 /kɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cyning ] 1 . RULER a man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVIL — I. e ‧ vil 1 S3 W3 /ˈiːv ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: yfel …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KING — n. & v. --n. 1 (as a title usu. King) a male sovereign, esp. the hereditary ruler of an independent …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KING — n. & v. n. 1 (as a title usu. King) a male sovereign, esp. the hereditary ruler of an independent …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVIL — adj. & n. adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KING — n. & v. --n. 1. (as a title usu. King) a male sovereign, esp. the hereditary ruler of an independent …
Oxford English vocab
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Oxford English vocab
KING — ( kings) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A king is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — ( evils) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Evil is a powerful …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crown sb (as) king/queen etc ▪ In 1896 Nicholas was crowned as Tsar. King's Counsel …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVIL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an evil spell ▪ The people still believe in evil spells. evil deed ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KING — [noun] [C] - (the title of) a male ruler of a country, who holds this position because of his royal …
Cambridge English vocab
EVIL — [adjective] - immoral, or cruel, or very unpleasantWe must do everything necessary to overthrow this evil dictator.He was a narrow-minded, …
Cambridge English vocab
KING — n. King Philip king salmon Cole Nat King Frederick the Winter King King Cotton king crab Alaskan king crab King …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EVIL — Synonyms and related words : Loki, Nemesis, Set, Typhon, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, abomination, accursed, ado, affliction, agony, amorality, angry, anguish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL — I. noun 1. whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous attempts to grasp the nature of evil Synonyms: ill Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

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