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monadology(dictionary)

palm (iou) and monadology (iou)


palm (iou)



palm verb trans. [p¨»:m] L15.
[from PALM noun2.]
Touch, slap, or stroke with the palm; handle; grasp the hand of (a person). Also, convey with the palm. L15.
T. Hardy Nervously palming his hip with his left hand. New Yorker The water Maria palmed to her face gave a shine to her eyes. Guardian Neither player could do much with the ball, but Rogan unaccountably palmed it away.
Conceal (a card, die, or Other small object) in the palm of the hand, usu. dishonestly or deceptively. L17.
F. Herbert It had been easy to palm Dr. Yueh's sleeping tablet, to pretend to swallow it.
a. Usu. foll. by off: impose or thrust (a thing) fraudulently (on or upon a person); pass off by trickery or fraud; dispose of by misrepresentation or deceit. L17.
C. Lamb Have you not tried to palm off a yesterday's pun. L. M. Montgomery The clerks..know they can palm anything off on him.
b. Fob (a person) off with something. M19.
Idler Magazine The public..is frequently palmed off with books which it does not..care about. B. Kops We were palmed off with promises.
Offer an inducement to, bribe (a person). M18.

monadology (iou)



monadology noun. M18.
[French monadologie, formed as MONAD: see -OLOGY.]
The philosophical doctrine of monads.
monado'logical adjective L19.
monado'logically adverb M20.