atrocha (atroka)

pl. [NL., neut. pl. of a trochus: see atrochous.] 1. Ciliated embryos of the polychæto us annelids, in which the cilia form a broad zone around the body, leav tempers.-3. Very bad; execrable: as, an atro cio us pun. [Colloq.]=Syn. 1. Wicked, Scandalous, Shocking, Flagrant, Heinous, Infamous, Outrageous, Atrocious, Monstrous, horrible, villainous, flagitious, diabolical, agree in expre ing great and intentional badne , calling for strong abhorrence. Because they are used with feeling, the recognition of their differences is not always practicable. Flagrant and heinous are hardly applicable to persons; the others apply to persons or things. Wicked is the generic word, and is the lightest where all are strong; it is the one that is most common in a playful use, yet it is at times an intense word, as forcible as any of the others, though le definite. Scandalous means offensive to decency, and so disgraceful. That which is shocking, literally, gives a sudden and heavy blow, and hence produces a corresponding feeling of horror or disgust, or both. That which is flagrant, literally, flames into notice, and hence is glaring, striking, and so notorious, enormous in badne . Heinous means hateful, and hence aggravated. That which is infamous is worthy of a total lo of reputation, and hence has a reputation or character of the worst kind, especially for basene . Out rageous means attended with outrage, doing outrage, especially outraging decency, going beyond all bounds, like the acts of a madman. Atrocious is primarily fierce or cruel, savage, bloody, and wicked, enormously wicked, hence violating the first principles of humanity or of human nature. That which is monstrous is so bad as to be out of the course of nature; a prodigy or miracle of badne . See abandoned, criminal, irreligious, and nef a rio us. As even here they talked at Almesbury About the good King and his wicked Queen. Tennyson, Guinevere. So the king arose and went To smoke the scandalous hive of those wild bees That made such honey in his realm. Tennyson , Holy Grail. In this dreadful manner was one who had been till then of an excellent character hurried on, from a single, and seemingly slight, indulgence, into the depth of the gro est and most shocking villanies. Secker , Sermons, I. xxv. The offenses which prompt strong invective have been far more numerous and flagrant in his [Sydney Smith's] own country than in ours. Whipple, E . and Rev., I. 139. The object of this society [Abolition] is now, as it has always been, to convince our countrymen, by arguments addre ed to their hearts and consciences, that slave holding is a heinous crime. W. Phillips , Speeches, p. 98. There is no crime more infamous than the violation of Johnson, truth. This ill day A most outrageous fit of madne took him. or affected with atrophy; wasted. In many instances special muscles, or sets of muscles, are atrophied from want of use. B. W. Richardson, Prevent. Med., p. 232. The distrust of one's own atrophied faculties of loving. E. S. Phelps , Beyond the Gates, p. 105. atrophy (at'rō-fi), n. [ F.atrophie , τρέφειν , nourish, feed.] 1. A wasting of the body, or of a part of it, owing to defective nutrition. There is no demand for the labour of the poor; the fable of Menenius ceases to be applicable; the belly communicates no nutriment to the members; there is an atrophy in the body politic. Macaulay, Mitford's Hist. Greece. 2. In bot. and zoöl., arrested development of an organ due to stoppage of growth at any stage by the operation of causes either external to or inherent in the organism. - Brown atrophy, a very common degeneration of muscle in a heart hypertrophied as a result of valvular disease or of old age. The heart, frequently of increased consistence, is dark red brown, and its fibers contain pigment, accumulated especially about the nuclei. - Cruveilhier's atrophy, progre ive muscular atrophy. atrophy (at'ro-fi), v. i.; pret. and pp. atrophied , ppr . atrophying . [ atrophy , n.] To waste away. As the fruit ripens one of them almost always atrophies . G. Allen , Colin Clout's Calendar, p. 121. The tail gradually shrinks and atrophies . Claus , Zoology (trans.), p. 120. [NL., Atropa .] Same [ atropia + ic.] Of atropia (a-trō'pi-ä), n. as atropin . a tropic (a-trop'ik), a . or pertaining to atropin. atropin, atropine (at'rō-pin), n. [ atro- pina , Atropa + -ina : see -in2.] A crystal- line alkaloid (C17H23NO3) obtained from the deadly nightshade, Atropa Belladonna . It is very poisonous, and produces temporary dila- tation of the pupil. Also atropin a and atropia . atropin a (at-ro-pi'nä), n. [NL.] Same as at- ropin .