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demonology(dictionary)

sparrow (iou) and demonology (medicine)


sparrow (iou)



sparrow noun.

a. Any of various small Old World finchlike birds of the genus Passer and related genera (family Ploceidae); esp. the house sparrow. OE.
rock sparrow, tree sparrow, etc.
b. With specifying word: any of several Other small sparrow-like birds of the Old World which are unrelated to the true sparrows. M17.
hedge sparrow, java sparrow, reed-sparrow, etc.
c. Any of various small New World birds of the family Emberizidae, resembling sparrows or buntings. L18.
fox sparrow, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, etc.
A chirpy quick-witted person. Freq. in cockney sparrow. M19.
Comb.: sparrow-brain colloq. (a person of) limited intelligence or perception; sparrow-fart, sparrow's-fart dial. & slang daybreak, very early morning; sparrow owl = PYGMY owl; sparrow's-fart: see sparrow-fart above; sparrow-tail a long narrow coat-tail.
sparrow-like adjective resembling (that of) a sparrow E17.
sparrowy adjective (a) characteristic of or resembling a sparrow; (b) having many sparrows: L19.

demonology (medicine)


demonology
<study> A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations.

Origin: Demon: cf. F. Demonologie.

Source: Websters Dictionary