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cardiac (iou) and dilapidate (iou)


cardiac (iou)



cardiac noun & adjective. LME.
[French cardiaque or Latin cardiacus adjectives, from Greek kardiakos, from kardia: see CARDIA, -AC.]
A. noun.
1. A pain or ailment referred to the heart. LME-L15.
2. A medicine etc. affecting the heart; a cordial. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
3. A person with heart disease. colloq. M20.
B. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to the heart. E17.
cardiac arrest: see ARREST noun 2b. cardiac passion palpitation of the heart, heartburn. cardiac tamponade: see TAMPONADE 2.
2. Of medicines etc.: stimulating the heart; formerly, invigorating, cordial. M17.
cardiac glycoside any of a class of steroid glycosides which occur in plants and are heart stimulants, e.g. those present in digitalis.
3. Pertaining to or affected with heart disease. M18.
4. Anatomy. Of or pertaining to the cardia of the stomach. M19.
cardiacal adjective (now rare) = CARDIAC adjective LME.

dilapidate (iou)



dilapidate verb. Pa. pple & ppl adjective -ated, -ate. E16.
[Latin dilapidat- pa. ppl stem of dilapidare, from di- DI-1 + lapis, lapid- stone: see -ATE3.]
verb trans. Waste, squander, (a benefice or estate). E16.
verb trans. Bring (a building etc.) into a state of decay, disrepair, or partial ruin. Chiefly as dilapidated ppl adjective. L16.
J. Ruskin A large and dilapidated pair of woman's shoes. J. Steinbeck The sagging dilapidated porch. E. Mannin Dilapidated taxis. Practical Householder You can bring new life to dilapidated and neglected woods.
verb intrans. Become dilapidated; fall into ruin, decay, or disrepair. E18.
S. Johnson The church of Elgin..was..shamefully suffered to dilapidate by deliberate robbery and frigid indifference.
dilapidator noun L16.