negligee (neglezha)

and a. [F. négligée, fem. of négligé, pp. of négliger, neglect: commonly used without reference to gender: see neglect, v.] I. n. 1. Easy and unceremonious dre in general: as, she appeared in negligée. 2. A form of loose gown worn by women in the eighteenth century. He fancied twenty Cupids prepared for execution in every folding of her white negligee. Goldsmith . 3. See negligée necklace, below. II. a. Carele ly arranged or attired; unceremoniously dre ed; carele . I was up early, and going out to walk in my night-cloak and night-gown, I met Mr. Fish going a hunting. I should not have been rid of him quickly if he had not thought himself a little too négligé ; his hair was not powdered. Dorothy Osborne , Letters (ed. Parry), p. 246. Negligée beads, beads (for a necklace or a similar ornament) of irregular form not shaped by art, especially of coral.-Negligée necklace, a coral necklace of which the beads are irregular fragments, pierced for stringing without other preparation. negligence (neg'li-jens), n. [ neclygens , negligence , F. négli gence = Sp. Pg. negligencia = It. negligenzia , negligenza , neglegentia , nec leg entia , carele ne , heedle ne , neglegen ( t- ) s , carele , negligent: see negligent .] 1. The fact or the character of being negligent or neglectful; deficiency in or lack of care, exactne , or application; the omitting to do, or a habit of omitting to do, things which ought to be done, or the doing of such things without sufficient attention and care; carele ne ; heedle disregard of some negligent I trow men wolde deme it necligence If I foryete to telle the dispence Of These us. Chaucer , Knight's Tale (ed. Morris), 1. 1023. Traitor, thy lif lost and goo! By thy neclygens my moder haue loste! Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4899. She let it drop by negligence , And, to the advantage, I, being here, took 't up. Shak., Othello, iii. 3. 311. 2. Specifically, in law, the failure to exercise that degree of care which the law requires for the protection of those interests of other persons which may be injuriously affected by the want of such care. If such failure directly results in injury to the interests of another person, who did not by his own negligence contribute to the result, the negligence is ac tion able negligence. If the failure to exercise due çare is wilful, liability is incurred irrespective of contributory negligence, but the failure may still be treated at the option of the person injured as mere negligence, so far at least as concerns the liability of the person actually guilty of it, and in some cases also for the purpose of holding his employer liable. By a rule of law which obtains in some of the United States, the person injured may recover notwithstanding his own negligence if it was slight as compared with that of the defendant ( comparative negligence ). Contributive or contributory negligence is negligence, on the part of the person injured, which contributed to produce the injury. Gro negligence is the failure to exercise even slight care, and is usually measured by reference to that degree of care which every person of ordinary sense, however inattentive, takes of his own interests. Ordinary negligence is the failure to exercise ordinary care, usually measured by reference to that degree of care which a man of common prudence and capable of governing a family takes of his own interests. Slight negligence is the failure to exercise a high degree of care, usually measured by reference to that diligence with which a circumspect and thoughtful person would attend to his own interests. Whether these three degrees are proper distinctions to be observed as a test of liability for damages is much disputed, but there is no question that the law fully recog nizes a general way the corresponding degrees of care as required of persons in various different relations, nor that degrees of neglect must be noticed by the law in determining other questions than that of liability for dam ages, as good faith, fidelity, etc. 3. Lack of attention to niceties or convention alities, especially of dre , manner, or style; disregard of appearances; easy indifference of manner. Many there are who seem to slight all Care, And with a pleasing Negligence ensnare. Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love. Horace still charms with graceful negligence , And without method talks us into sense. Pope, E ay on Criticism, 1. 653. 4. An act of neglectfulne ; an instance of negligence or carele ne . Remarking his beauties,... I must also point out his negligences and defects. Blair. 5. Contempt; disregard; slight; neglect. To this point I stand, That both the worlds I give to negligence , Let come what comes. Shak ., Hamlet, iv. 5. 134. 6. A kind of wig in fashion for morning dre about the middle of the eighteenth century. =Syn. 1. Heedle ne , inconsideratene , thoughtle ne .-1 and 2. Negligence, Neglect, Remi ne , Inattention, Inadvertence, Oversight, Indifference. As contrasted with neglect, negligence generally expre es the habit or trait, and neglect the act. Inadvertence and oversight expre ly mean that there was no intention of neglect; indifference lies back of action in the failure to care, such failure being generally blameworthy. Remi ne is carele neglect of duty. Inattention is a failure, generally culpable, to bring mind to the subject. See neglect, v. t., and negligent. negligent (neg li-jent), a. [ OF. negligent, F. négligent = Sp. Pg. negligente = It. negligente, nigligente, Thou must be counted A servant grafted in my serious trust And therein negligent . Shak ., W. T., i. 2. 247. He was very negligent himselfe, and rather so of his person, and of a philosophic temper. Evelyn, Diary, March 22, 1675. 2. Indicative of easy indifference or of disregard of conventionalities. All loose her negligent attire, All loose her golden hair. Scott , L. of L. M., 1. 10. Negligent escape, the escape of a prisoner without the knowledge or consent of the sheriff, as distinguished from escape by permi ion, called a voluntary escape. The importance of the distinction is in the right of the sheriff to retake the prisoner, and in the fact that in case of mesne proce retaking before suit brought by the creditor against the sheriff is a defense; whereas for a voluntary escape the sheriff is liable absolutely. =Syn. Negligent, Neglectful, Re mi , Heedle , Thoughtle , inattentive, regardle , indifferent, slack. Of the first five words, remi is the weak Britain! whose genius is in verse expre 'd, Bold and sublime, but negligently dre 'd. 4. To put into circulation by transference and a ignment of claim by indorsement: as, to ne- gotiate securities. negotiation (ne-go-shi-a's hon), n. [Formerly wholesale busine , negotiari , carry on bus i- ne : see negotiate .] 11. Trading; mercantile in ye East Indies. lost with these prizes £40,000 after 20 yeares' negociation 2. Mutual discu ion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement, whether directly or by agents or intermediaries; the act or proce of treating with another or others in regard to the settlement of some matter, or for the purchase or sale of a commodity, etc.: as, the negotiation of a treaty or a loan. Any treaties of confederacy, of peace, of truce, of inter- course, of other for rein negotiations (that is specially noted for one of my inkhorn words). made capable, by acceptance and indorsement, of being pa ed from hand to hand in payment of indebtedne , or of being transferred to an- other for a consideration. See negotiable. negotiator (ne-go's hi-a-tor), n. [F. négocia- teur = Sp. Pg. negociador = It. negoziatore , negotiator , one who does busine by wholesale, a banker or factor, a tradesman, an agent, ne- gotiari , carry on busine : see negotiate .] One who negotiates; one who treats with others as either principal or agent in commercial trans- actions, or in the making of national treaties or compacts. negotiatory (ne-go's hi-a-tō-ri), a. [ tiatorius , of or belonging to trade or tradespeo- ple, negotiator , a trader, negotiator: see negotiator.] Relating to negotiation. IMG:content-1282.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1283.png:[blocks in formation] arrangement of a treaty, or in preliminaries to the transaction of any busine ; carry on ne- got i a tions. He that negotiates between God and man. Cowper , Task, ii. 463. II. trans. 1. To arrange for or procure by ne- gions of the blacke Moores cauled Éthiopians or Negros , all whiche are watered with the ryuer Negro, cauled in owlde tyme Niger. R. Eden , First Three English Books on America [(ed. Arber), p. 374. osita(t-)s, an abundance of busine or occupa- tion, negotiosus , busy: see negotious .] The state of being negotious, or engaged in bus i- ne ; continued and absorbing occupation. negotioust (ne-go's hus), a. [= Sp. Pg. nego- cio so = It. negozioso , negotiosus , full of bus i- ne , busy, negotium , busine , occupation: see negoce . Cf. otiose .] Engro ed in busine ; ppr. negrofying . [ -fy .] To turn into Some servants, if they be set about what they like, are very nimble and negotious . J. Rogers. negotiousne t (ne-gō'shus-nes), n. The state of being actively employed; activity. God needs not our negotiousne , or double diligence, to bring his matters to pa . got i at i on; bring about by mutual arrangement, negre (ne'gres), n. [F. négre e ; as negro discu ion, or bargaining: as, to negotiate a loan or a treaty. Lady IMG:content-1284.png:[blocks in formation] + -e . The Sp. Pg. It. term is negra .] A fe- male negro; a female of one of the black races of Africa. Negrillo (ne-grēʻlyō), n. [ negrillo , dim. of negro , black: see negro .] Same as Negrito . negrita (ne-grē'tä), n. [Sp., fem. of negrito : see Negrito . ] A serranoid fish, Hypoplectrus ni- gricans , of the Caribbean Sea and Florida, hav- ing large spur-like spines on the preopercle, a uniform dark color tinged with violet, and yel- low pectoral and caudal fins. Negritian (ne-grish'an), a . and n. See Nigri- Negrito (ne-grē tō), n . [ negrito , dim. of negro , black: see negro .] One of a diminutive dark-skinned negro-like race found in the Phil- ippine Islands (of which they seem to have been negro-head (nē'grō-hed), n. 1. A kind of tobac- co: same as cavendish .-2. An impure quality of South American india-rubber, entering com- merce in the form of large balls. Encyc . Brit . negroid (ne'groid), a . [ negro + -oid.] Re- sembling or akin to the negroes. Also negroõid. A series of life-sized models in native costume, com- mencing with the diminutive unclad Andamanese, negroid in colour. Westminster Rev. , CXXVI. 31. Negroid type or race, in the cla ification of Huxley, one of the chief types of mankind; the negro and negro-like tribes. negroöid negroõid (negro-oid), a. Same as negroid. negro's-head (nē'grōz-hed), n. The ivory-palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa: so called from the appearance of its fruit. See ivory - nut.