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Meanings of Parmentiera:

adjective

(of a dish) made with or accompanied by potatoes.

Usage examples:

Potage parmentier

Meanings of Parnassia:

noun

A genus of small damp-loving plants of the family parnassiaceae (often included in saxifragaceae), natives of temperate or cold regions of the northern hemisphere, which have solitary, usually white, prominently veined flowers and mostly radical ovate or cordate leaves; (also parnassia) a plant of this genus, especially grass of parnassus, p. palustris.

Parnassian

pɑːˈnasɪən

Meanings of Parnassian:

adjective

Relating to poetry; poetic.

Usage examples:

Frequently, right-wing guardians of an elite art protest that the study of a broader visual culture…
noun

A member of the parnassian group of poets.

Usage examples:

The poetic values of the parnassians

Parnellite

ˈpɑːnɛlʌɪt

Meanings of Parnellite:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the irish nationalist leader charles stewart parnell or his policies.

Usage examples:

The new young parnellite lieutenants
noun

A supporter of the irish nationalist leader charles stewart parnell or his policies.

Usage examples:

He became the parnellite most likely to be chosen for electoral conflicts

Meanings of Paroccipital:

noun

A process of the skull located near the mastoid process.

adjective

Designating this process.

Parochial

pəˈrəʊ.ki.əl

Meanings of Parochial:

adjective

Relating to a church parish.

Usage examples:

The parochial church council

Meanings of Parochialise:

verb

To make parochial; to bring under the authority of a parish. also figurative: to make or perceive as provincial; to confine in scale; to limit in outlook or scope.

Meanings of Parochialization:

noun

The action or process of making parochial.

Meanings of Parodial:

adjective

Relating to or of the nature of a parody; = "parodic".

Meanings of Parodied:

verb

Produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).

Usage examples:

His speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction
noun

An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Usage examples:

The film is a parody of the horror genre

Meanings of Parodistically:

adverb

In the style or manner of a parody; = "parodically".

Parodists

ˈpær.ə.dɪst

Meanings of Parodists:

noun

A person who writes parodies

Meanings of Parodize:

verb

To compose a parody; to turn something into a parody.

Meanings of Parody:

noun

An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

Usage examples:

The film is a parody of the horror genre
verb

Produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).

Usage examples:

His speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction

Meanings of Paroecious:

adjective

Of a bryophyte: having the male and female reproductive organs in close proximity but not mixed, especially when the antheridia are in the axils of bracts immediately below those surrounding the archegonia. compare paroicous , "synoecious".

Meanings of Paroecism:

noun

The state of being paroecious.

Meanings of Paroemia:

noun

A proverb or adage; an aphorism.

Meanings of Paroemiac:

noun

The short line with which an anapaestic system usually ends.

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating verse which ends with a paroemiac.

Meanings of Paroemiography:

noun

The writing or collecting of proverbs.

Meanings of Paroemiologist:

noun

A student of or an expert in proverbs and proverb lore.

Meanings of Paroemiology:

noun

The study of proverbs and of proverb lore.

Meanings of Paroicous:

adjective

= paroecious .

Meanings of Parol:

adjective

Given or expressed orally.

Usage examples:

The parol evidence

Meanings of Parole:

noun

The temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.

Usage examples:

He committed a burglary while on parole
verb

Release (a prisoner) on parole.

Usage examples:

He was paroled after serving nine months of a two-year sentence

Paroled

pəˈrəʊl

Meanings of Paroled:

verb

Release (a prisoner) on parole.

Usage examples:

He was paroled after serving nine months of a two-year sentence
noun

The temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour.

Usage examples:

He committed a burglary while on parole

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