See Also: ptilinum(dictionary)
express(1)(dictionary)
express(2)(dictionary)
express(3)(dictionary)
express(4)(dictionary)
Express(medicine)
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Express, The(dictionary)
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express 2, adjective (oh) and ptilinum (iou)


express 2, adjective (oh)



2 adj [only before noun]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: expres, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere 'to press out', from premere 'to press'; the idea of 'speed' comes from trains stopping only at specific places, so the complete journey takes less time]
deliberate and for a specific situation
::The school was founded with the express purpose of teaching deaf children.
clear and definite
express agreement/consent/authority etc
::He is not to leave without my express permission.
::Matthew left express instructions to keep all doors locked.
express train/coach/bus
a train or bus that does not stop at many places and can therefore Travel more quickly
express post/mail
a system that delivers letters and packages very quickly
AmE designed to help you move through a place more quickly
::express lanes on the freeway
::an express line at a supermarket (=where people with only a few things to buy go to pay)

ptilinum (iou)



ptilinum noun. . M19.
[mod. Latin, from French ptiline, perh. dim. of Greek ptilon downy feather, plume on a helmet.]
Entomology. An inflatable structure on the head of cyclorrhaphous dipterans which is used to rupture the puparium and then atrophies, leaving a suture.
ptilinal adjective of or pertaining to a ptilinum E20.