diploid (diploid)

[ Diploid. diploid i on (dip-lō-id'i-on), n.; pl. diploïdia (-8). [Gr. διπλοΐδιον, dim. of διπλοίς (διπλοϊδ-), a garment in two thickne es or folds: see diploïs.] In anc.Gr.costume: ( a ) A particular form of the female chiton or tunic, in which the garment is double from the shoulders to the waist, the outer fold hanging loose, like a sort of sleevele mantle. Diploïdion. (b) More rarely, a separate garment so disposed over the chiton as to give the whole ar range ment the appearance of a single piece. Her [Demeter's] chiton is of a thick material, forming deep folds, and having over her breast a diploid i on , which throws out strong and simple ma es. A. S. Murray, Greek Sculpture, II. 82. From a metope of diploïs (dip'lō-is), n. [Gr. δι the temple of Zeus at Olympia. 1632 Richard [1.], by a piece of rough diplomacy , prevailed on Guy of Lusignan to surrender his claim to the shadowy crown of Jerusalem, and to accept the lordship of Cyprus instead. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 162. A victory of the North over the South, and the extraordinary clemency and good sense with which that victory was used, had more to do with the conce ion of the franchise to householders in boroughs, than all the eloquence of Mr. Gladstone and all the diplomacies of Mr. Disraeli. Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XXXI. 161. Hence-3. Dexterity or skill in managing negotiations of any kind; artful management with the view of securing advantages; diplomatic tact.-4. A diplomatic body; the whole body of ministers at a foreign court. [Rare.] The foreign ministers were ordered to attend at this in vesture of the directory; for so they call the managers of their burlesque government. The diplomacy , who were a sort of envoys, were quite awe-struck with "the pride, pomp, and circumstance" of this majestic senate! Burke, A Regicide Peace, iv. IMG:content-2701.png:[blocks in formation]