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tripe (medicine)


tripe


1. The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for Food. "How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled ?" (Shak)

2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; generally used in the plural.

Origin: OE. Tripe, F. Tripe; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. & Pg. Tripa, It. Trippa, OD. Tripe, W. Tripa, Armor. Stripen.

Source: Websters Dictionary


pachyderm (iou)



pachyderm noun. M19.
[French pachyderme from Greek pakhudermos thick-skinned, formed as PACHY- + derma skin.]
A thick-skinned quadruped, esp. an elephant, a hippopotamus, or a rhinoceros. Formerly, any of the obsolete group Pachydermata, comprising hoofed quadrupeds that do not chew the cud. M19.
fig. A thick-skinned person. M19.
pachy'dermatous adjective designating or pertaining to a pachyderm; fig. thick-skinned, not sensitive to criticism or rebuff: E19.
pachy'dermatously adverb E20.
pachy'dermatousness noun pachydermatous condition M19.
pachy'dermoid adjective (now rare) pachydermatous M19.