See Also: potassamide(medicine)
machiavellian (iou) and potassamide (medicine)
machiavellian (iou)
machiavellian noun & adjective. Also (esp. as noun) Machiavellian. M16.
[from Niccolo dei Machiavelli (1469-1527), Florentine statesman (see below) + -IAN.]
A. noun. A person who adopts the principles recommended by Machiavelli in his treatise on statecraft; a person preferring expediency to morality. M16.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Machiavelli or his principles; adopting unscrupulous methods; duplicitous, deceitful; cunning, scheming. L16.
F. Fyfield Securing further Promotion was a Machiavellian Exercise demanding paroxysms of sycophancy.
machiavellianism noun the principles and practice of Machiavelli; (an instance of) cunning or duplicity in behaviour: E17.
machiavellianly adverb (rare) in a machiavellian manner M17.
potassamide (medicine)
potassamide
<chemistry> A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium in ammonia.
Origin: Potassium + amide.
Source: Websters Dictionary
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