parotia

[Gr. parōtis =a curl by the side of the ear.] Ornith.: A genus of Paradise ide, with one species, Parotia sex pennis , the Six-shafted Bird of Paradise, from New Guinea. The general color is velvety-black with metallic reflections. Back of head crested, with three weble shafts, terminated by a spatule, springing from each side; upper part of the breast covered with a broad metallic shield, from gold to coppery bronze and greenish-blue. păr-ot-ic, a. [PAROTID.] Anat.: Near the side of the auditory capsule; contiguous to the external ear. păr-ot-id, a. & 8. [Gr. parōtis (gen it. parōtidos ): The quality or state of being parochial. "To determine the parochiality of colleges."-Dr. Marriott: Rights of the Universities , p. 32. pa-rō-chi-al-Ize, v. t. [Eng. parochial; -ize.] To render parochial; to form into parishes. pa-rō-chi-al-ly, adv . [Eng. parochial : -ly.] In a parochial manner; by parishes; in a parish. "The bishop was to visit his diocese parochially every year."- Stilling fleet : Charge , p. 32. *pa-rō-chi-an, *pa-rô-chi-ěn, a . & s. [O. Fr. paroi ien ; Sp. & Port. parroquiano ; Ital. parroc chia no.] A. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to a parish; parochial. B. As subst.: A parishioner. "If the parochiens know her curate to bene a lechour." -Fox: Martyrs , p. 430. păr-o-chine, subst. [PAROCHIAN.] A parish. (Scotch.) "There are about twa hunder and thirty parochines , including the Orkneys." -Scott: Rob Roy , ch. xxvi. *par-ode, s . [PARODY.] A proverb; an adage. *pa-rod-Ic, *pa-rod-Ic-al, a . [Fr. parodique ; Gr. paródikos , from parōdia =parody (q. v.); Sp. & Ital. parodico .] Pertaining to or in the manner of a parody; of the nature of a parody. păro-dist, s. [Fr. parodiste; Sp. parodist a.] One who parodies; one who writes a parody. "The mortified parodist , thus mutilated by his printers."- Poetry -Poetry of the Antijacobin, p. 24. păr-o-dỹ, *par-ode, s . [Lat. parodia , from Gr. parodia , parōde =a song sung beside: para = beside, and ode =a song; Fr. parodie ; Sp. and Ital. parodia .] 1. A kind of writing in which the expre ion, form, and style of a serious composition are closely imitated, but treated in a humorous or burlesque manner; a burlesque imitation of a serious composition; a travesty or burlesque in which the form and expre ion of the original are closely adhered to. "They were satiric poems, full of parodies ."-Dryden: Juvenal. (Dedic.) 2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. ( Wright .) păr-o-dỹ, v . t . [PARODY, s.] To write or compose a parody upon; to turu into a parody; to bur. lesque. pa-rōl', s. & a. [PAROLE.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language : A word. II. Law : 1. Word of mouth; oral declaration. 2. Pleadings in a suit. B. As adj.: Given or made by word of mouth; not written; oral. "Documents offered as proofs must in general be proved by the parol evidence of witne es." -Black stone : Comment ., bk. iii., ch. 13. parol-arrest, s. Law : An arrest authorized by a justice by word of mouth. pa-rōle', s . [Fr.=a word, a saying, from Low Lat. parabola =a discourse, from Lat. parabola =a parable (q. v.); Sp. palabra ; Port. palavra . Pa role, parable , palaver , parley are thus doublets.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. A word; oral utterance. 2. A word of promise; a word of honor; faith plighted; spec if. a promise given by a prisoner on his honor that he will not attempt to escape if allowed his liberty, or that he will return to custody ruginous rock in the Thüringer wald. păr-o-mol-o-ģỹ, subst. [Gr. paromologia, from paromologeō -to grant: para =beside, and homo logeō =to grant.] Rhet.: A figure by which a speaker concedes something to his adversary in order to strengthen his own position. păr-on-ô-mā-şi-a, subst . [Greek paronomasia , paronomasia , from paronymos =paronymous (q.v.); Fr. paronomase , paronomasie .] Rhet.: A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give a kind of antithetical force to the sentence; a pun. The following examples are from Shakespeare: "Now is it Rome indeed and room enough When there is in it but one only man. Julius Cæsar , i. 2. "O lawful let it be That I have room with Rome to curse awhile." King John , iii. 1.