superior &c. 33; above par; nice, fine; genuine &c. (true) 494.

best, choice, sel ect, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless; unparagoned[obs3], unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33; superlatively &c. 33; good; bully*, crackajack*[obs3], giltedg ed; superfine, superexcellent[obs3]; of the first water; first-rate, first-class ; high- wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard &c. (perfect) 650; inimitable. admirable, estimable; praiseworthy &c. ( approve) 931; pleasing &c. 829; couleur de rose[Fr], precious, of great price; c ostly &c. (dear) 814; worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye; priceless, in valuable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye. tolerable &c. (not very good) 651; up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable; satisfactory, tidy . in good condition, in fair condition; fresh; sound &c. (perfect) 650. Adv. ben eficially &c. adj.; well &c. 618. Phr. "Jewels five words long" [Tennyson]; "lon g may such goodness live!" [Rogers]; "the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith]. < p. 204 > #649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness. N. hurtfulness &c. Adj[obs3].; virulence. evil doer &c. 913; bane &c. 663; plague spot &c. (insalu brity) 657; evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah; snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid[Lat][obs3], thorn in the side. malignity; malevolence &c. 907; tender mercies [ironically]. ill-treatment, annoyance, molestation, abu se, oppression, persecution, outrage; misusage &c. 679; injury &c. (damage) 659; knockout drops [U. S.]. badness &c. adj.; peccancy[obs3], abomination; painfuln ess &c. 830; pestilence &c. (disease) 655; guilt &c. 947; depravity &c. 945. V. be hurtful &c. adj.; cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil &c. 619; damnify[obs3], endamage[obs3], hurt, harm; injure &c. (damage) 659; pai n &c. 830. wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear h ard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize; run down; molest &c. 830. maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, m aul; smite &c. (scourge) 972; do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage. do mischief, make mischief; bring into trouble. destroy &c. 162. Adj. hurtful, harmful, scathful[obs3], baneful, baleful; injurious, deleterious, detr imental, noxious, pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, ma lefic, malignant, nocuous, noisome; prejudicial; disserviceable[obs3], disadvant ageous; wide-wasting. unlucky, sinister; obnoxious; untoward, disastrous. oppres sive, burdensome, onerous; malign &c. (malevolent) 907. corrupting &c. (corrupt &c. 659); virulent, venomous, envenomed, corrosive; poisonous &c. (morbific) 657 [obs3]; deadly &c. (killing) 361; destructive &c. (destroying) 162; inauspicious &c. 859. bad, ill, arrant, as bad as bad can be, dreadful; horrid, horrible; di re; rank, peccant, foul, fulsome; rotten, rotten at the core. vile, base, villai nous; mean &c. (paltry) 643; injured &c. deteriorated &c. 659; unsatisfactory, e xceptionable, indifferent; below par &c. (imperfect) 651; illcontrived, ill-cond itioned; wretched, sad, grievous, deplorable, lamentable; pitiful, pitiable, woe ful &c. (painful) 830. evil, wrong; depraved &c. 945; shocking; reprehensible &c . (disapprove) 932. hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrabl e, cursed, accursed, confounded; damned, damnable; infernal; diabolic &c. (malev olent) 907. unadvisable &c. (inexpedient) 647; unprofitable &c. (useless) 645; i ncompetent &c. (unskillful) 699; irremediable &c. (hopeless) 859. Adv. badly &c. Adj.; wrong, ill; to one's cost; where the shoe pinches. Phr. bad is the best; the worst come to the worst; herba mala presto cresco [Lat]; "wrongs unredressed or insults unavenged" [Wordsworth]. #650. Perfection. N. perfection; perfectness &c. adj.; indefectibility[obs3]; im peccancy[obs3], impeccability. pink, beau ideal, phenix, paragon; pink of perfec tion, acme of perfection; ne plus ultra[Lat]; summit &c. 210. cygne noir[Fr]; ph ilosopher's stone; chrysolite, Koh-i-noor. model, standard, pattern, mirror, adm irable Crichton; trump, very prince of. masterpiece, superexcellence &c. (goodne

ss) 648[obs3]; transcendence &c. (superiority) 33. V. be perfect &c. adj.; trans cend &c. (be supreme) 33. bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature; complete &,,c. 729; put in trim &c. (prepare) 673; maturate. Adj. perfect, faultless; ind efective[obs3], indeficient[obs3], indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccabl e; free from imperfection &c. 651; unblemished, uninjured &c. 659; sound, sound as a roach; in perfect condition; scathless[obs3], intact, harmless; seaworthy & c. (safe) 644; right as a trivet; in seipso totus teres atque rotundus [Lat][Hor ace]; consummate &c. (complete) 52; finished &c. 729. best &c. (good) 648; model , standard; inimitable, unparagoned[obs3], unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33; superh uman, divine; beyond all praise &c. (approbation) 931; sans peur et sans reproch e[Fr]. adv. to perfection; perfectly &c. adj.; ad unguem[Lat]; clean, - as a whi stle. phr. "let us go on unto perfection" [ Hebrews vi, 1]; "the perfection of a rt is to conceal art" [Quintilian]. < p. 205 > #651. Imperfection. N. imperfection; imperfectness &c. Adj.; deficiency; inadequ acy &c. (insufficiency) 640; peccancy &c. (badness) 649[obs3]; immaturity &c. 67 4. fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw &c. (break) 70; gap &c. 198; twi st &c. 243; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish &c. 848; weakness &c. 160; half blood; shortcoming &c. 304; drawback; seamy side. medioc rity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of; one-horse shay. V. be imperfect &c. adj.; have a defect &c. n.; lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak. not pass muster, barely pass muster; fall short &c. 304. Adj. imperfect; n ot perfect &c. 650; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order , out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped &c. (distort) 243; lame; injured & c. (deteriorated) 659; peccant &c. (bad) 649; frail &c. (weak) 160; inadequate & c. (insufficient) 640; crude &c. (unprepared) 674; incomplete &c. 53; found want ing; below par; short- handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement. indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average & c. 29; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well , pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, ade quate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable[obs3], unobjectionable, admis sible, bearable, only better than nothing. secondary, inferior; second-rate, sec ond-best; one-horse [U.S.]. Adv. almost &c.; to a limited extent, rather &c. 32; pretty, moderately, passing; only, considering, all things considered, enough. Phr. surgit amari aliquid[Lat]. #652. Cleanness. N. cleanness, cleanliness &c. adj.; purity; cleaning &c. v.; pu rification, defecation &c. v.; purgation, lustration[obs3]; detersion[obs3], abs tersion[obs3]; epuration[obs3], mundation|; ablution, lavation[obs3], colature|; disinfection &c. v.; drainage, sewerage. lavatory, laundry, washhouse[obs3]; wa sherwoman, laundress, dhobi[obs3], laundryman, washerman[obs3]; scavenger, dustm an[obs3], sweep; white wings brush[Local U. S.]; broom, besom[obs3], mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter. napkin, cloth, maukin|, malkin|, handkerchief, towel, sudary[obs3]; doyley[obs3], doily, duster, sponge, mop, sw ab. cover, drugget[obs3]. wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifie r &c. v.; disinfectant; aperient[obs3]; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin[obs3]; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent[obs3], laxative. V. be clean, render clean &c. Adj. clean, cleanse; mundify|, rinse, wring, flush, f ull, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up. wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge|, deterge[obs3]; decrassify[obs3]; clear, purify; depurate[obs3], desp umate[obs3], defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate[Chem], lixiviate[obs3], edulc orate[obs3], clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain. disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate, emasculate. sift, winnow, p ick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep. rout out, clear out, sweep out &c.; make a clean sweep of. Adj. clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, tain tless; trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untaint ed, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut. neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens; cleaned &c. v.; kempt[obs3]. abstergent[obs3

], cathartic, cleansing, purifying. Adv. neatly &c. adj.; clean as a whistle. < p. 206 > #653. Uncleanness. N. uncleanness &c. Adj.; impurity; immundity[obs3], immundici ty[obs3]; impurity &c. 961[of mind]. defilement, contamination &c. v.; defoedati on|; soilure[obs3], soiliness|; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture|; fetor &c. 401[obs3]. decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dr y rot, mucor, rubigo|. slovenry[obs3]; slovenliness &c. Adj. squalor. dowdy, dra b, slut, malkin[obs3], slattern, sloven, slammerkin|, slammock[obs3], slummock[o bs3], scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark[obs3], dust- man, sweep; beast. dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff[obs 3]; sossle[obs3], sozzle[obs3]. sordes[obs3], dregs, grounds, lees; argol[obs3]; sediment, settlement heeltap[obs3]; dross, drossiness[obs3]; mother|, precipita te, scoriae, ashes, cinders. recrement[obs3], slag; scum, froth. hogwash; ditchw ater[obs3], dishwater, bilgewater[obs3]; rinsings, cheeseparings; sweepings &c. (useless refuse) 645; offscourings[obs3], outscourings[obs3]; off scum; caput mo rtuum[Lat][obs3], residuum, sprue, fecula[Lat], clinker, draff[obs3]; scurf, scu rfiness[obs3]; exuviae[Lat], morphea; fur, furfur[obs3]; dandruff, tartar. riffr aff; vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch[obs3]. mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt , sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh [obs3][U. S.]. spawn, offal, gurry [obs3][U . S.]; lientery[obs3]; garbage, carrion; excreta &c. 299; slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria[obs3]; faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, du ng, crap[vulgar], shit[vulgar]; sewage, sewerage; muck; coprolite; guano, manure , compost. dunghill, colluvies[obs3], mixen[obs3], midden, bog, laystall[obs3], sink, privy, jakes; toilet, john, head; cess[obs3], cesspool; sump, sough, cloac a, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer; Cloacina; dust hole. sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable[obs3], sink of corruption; slum, rookery. V. be unclean, bec ome unclean &c. Adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink &c. 401 ; mold, molder; go bad &c. adj. render unclean &c. adj.; dirt, dirty; daub, blot , blur, smudge, smutch[obs3], soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease[obs3]; dabble, drabble[obs3], draggle, daggle[obs3]; spatter, slubber; besmear &c., bemire, beslime[obs3], begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain[obs 3], maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrup t &c. (injure) 659; cover with dust &c. n.; drabble in the mud[obs3]; roil. wall ow in the mire; slobber, slabber[obs3]. Adj. dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impu re; soiled &c. v.; not to be handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy[obs3], smutt y, sooty, smoky; thick, turbid, dreggy; slimy; mussy [U.S.]. slovenly, untidy, m essy, uncleanly. [of people] unkempt, sluttish, dowdy, draggle-tailed; uncombed. unscoured[obs3], unswept[obs3], unwiped[obs3], unwashed, unstrained, unpurified [obs3]; squalid; lutose[obs3], slammocky[obs3], slummocky[obs3], sozzly[obs3]. n asty, coarse, foul, offensive, abominable, beastly, reeky, reechy[obs3]; fetid & c. 401. [of rotting living matter] decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty, motheaten, mucid[obs3], rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral[obs3], lentiginous[ob s3], touched, fusty, effete, reasty[obs3], rotten, corrupt, tainted, high, flybl own, maggoty; putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied; saprogenic, saprogeno us[obs3]; purulent, carious, peccant; fecal, feculent; stercoraceous[obs3], excr ementitious[obs3]; scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous[obs3]; gory, bloody; rotting &c. v.; rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese. crapulous &c. (intemperate) 954[obs3]; gross &c. (impure in mind) 961; fimetarious[obs3], fimicolous[obs3]. Phr. "they that touch pitch will be defiled" [Much Ado About Nothing]. < p. 207 > #654. Health. N. health, sanity; soundness &c. adj.; vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpo re sano[Lat]; Hygeia[obs3]; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health , clean bill of health; eupepsia[obs3]; euphoria, euphory[obs3]; St. Anthony's f ire[obs3]. V. be in health &c. adj. bloom, flourish. keep body and soul together , keep on one's legs; enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health; have a cl

ean bill of health. return to health; recover &c. 660; get better &c. (improve) 658; take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life; recruit; restore to health; cure &c. (restore) 660; tinker. Adj. healthy, healthful; in health &c. n.; well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole; florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch , brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof. unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed[obs3], u nmarred, untainted; sound of wind and limb, safe and sound. on one's legs; sound as a roach, sound as a bell; fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April[ obs3]; hearty as a buck; in fine feather, in high feather; in good case, in full bloom; pretty bobbish[obs3], tolerably well, as well as can be expected. sanita ry &c. (health-giving) 656; sanatory &c. (remedial) 662[obs3]. Phr. "health that snuffs the morning air" [Grainger]; non est vivere sed valere vita [Lat][Martia l]. #655. Disease. N. disease; illness, sickness &c. adj.; ailing &c. "all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity|; infirmity, ailment, indi sposition; complaint, disorder, malady; distemper, distemperature[obs3]. visitat ion, attack, seizure, stroke, fit. delicacy, loss of health, invalidation, cache xy[obs3]; cachexia[Med], atrophy, marasmus[obs3]; indigestion, dyspepsia; decay &c. (deterioration) 659; decline, consumption, palsy, paralysis, prostration. ta int, pollution, infection, sepsis, septicity[obs3], infestation; epidemic, pande mic, endemic, epizootic; murrain, plague, pestilence, pox. sore, ulcer, abscess, fester, boil; pimple, wen &c. (swelling) 250; carbuncle, gathering, imposthume[ obs3], peccant humor, issue; rot, canker, cold sore, fever sore; cancer, carcino ma, leukemia, neoplastic disease, malignancy, tumor; caries, mortification, corr uption, gangrene, sphacelus[obs3], sphacelation[obs3], leprosy; eruption, rash, breaking out. fever, temperature, calenture[obs3]; inflammation. ague, angina pe ctoris[Lat], appendicitis; Asiatic cholera[obs3], spasmodic cholera; biliary cal culus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagi a[obs3], blennorrhoea[obs3]; blood poisoning, bloodstroke[obs3], bloody flux, br ash; breakbone fever[obs3], dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy[Med]; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosi s, atherosclerosis; bronchocele[