See Also: dentiparous(medicine)

already (iou) and dentiparous (medicine)


already (iou)



already adjective & adverb. ME.
[from ALL adverb + READY adjective.]
A. adjective (pred. & compl.). Fully prepared. ME-E16.
b. adverb.
Beforehand, in anticipation; before this or that time; as early as this or that. ME.
G. Orwell The best books..are those that tell you what you know already. G. Greene He didn't even hear what I said: he was absorbed already.
In speech infl. by Yiddish, used at the end of a phrase or sentence as an intensive, to express impatience, etc. N. Amer. E20.
M. Shulman 'This story has helped a great many people, and I hope it will help you.' 'So tell it already'.

dentiparous (medicine)


dentiparous
Tooth-bearing.

Origin: denti-+ L. Pario, to bear