See Also: periastron(medicine)
periastron(dictionary)

disingenuous (iou) and periastron (iou)


disingenuous (iou)



disingenuous adjective. M17.
[from DIS- 2 + INGENUOUS.]
Insincere, lacking in frankness or honesty; fraudulent.
W. Golding I should be disingenuous if I pretended not to be flattered.
disingenuously adverb M17.
disingenuousness noun L17.

periastron (iou)



periastron noun. . M19.
[from PERI- + Greek astron star, after perigee, perihelion.]
Astronomy. The point nearest to a star in the path of a body orbiting that star.
periastral adjective L19.