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ferret(medicine)
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ferret 1, noun(dictionary)
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passivity (iou) and ferret(2) (iou)


passivity (iou)



passivity noun. M17.
[from PASSIVE + -ITY.]
Ability to suffer; passibility. M-L17.
The quality or state of being acted on by an external agent; an instance of this, a passive quality. M17.
b. Grammar. Passive meaning or construction. L19.
Absence of activity or participation; inertness; Chemistry the state of inactivity of a passive substance, esp. a metal. M17.
P. Brook Whatever life there was on-stage was offset by the passivity..of the audience.
Absence of resistance or opposition; submissiveness. L17.

ferret(2) (iou)



ferret noun2. L16.
[Prob. from Italian fioretti floss-silk, pl. of fioretto dim. of fiore FLOWER noun.]
ferret-silk, floss-silk. L16-E17.
A stout cotton or silk tape. arch. M17.