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York (iou) and obsessive-compulsive personality (medicine)


York (iou)



York noun. L16.
[See below.]
I. [A city in NE England, formerly the county town of Yorkshire.]
Hist. Used attrib. to designate (things pertaining to) the royal house descended from Edmund of Langley (1341-1402), fifth son of Edward III, first Duke of York, which ruled England from 1461 to 1485. L16.
Used attrib. to designate things originating from or peculiar to York or Yorkshire. L18.
York-Antwerp rules Maritime Law an international set of rules governing the application of General average in marine insurance.
II. [from New York, a city and State in the US.]
Used attrib. to designate things found, used, or originating in New York. N. Amer. L17.
York shilling Hist. a coin formerly used in New York, worth about 12 1 / 2 cents.
Yorkish adjective (rare) = YORKIST adjective M16.

obsessive-compulsive personality (medicine)


obsessive-compulsive personality


The personality of an individual whose overriding personal needs are manifested by a rigid, pervasive pattern of perfectionism and inflexibility, as he or she continually strives for clearly unattainable goals, to the point that such behaviour frequently interferes with the actual completion of tasks and projects.

Synonym: obsessive personality.