senorita (senyoreta)

[Sp., dim. of señora: see señor.] 1. A young lady; in addre , mi ; as a title, Mi : in Spanish use.-2. In ichth., a graceful little labroid fish of California, Pseu dojulis or Oxyjulis modest us. It is 6 or 7 inches long, prettily marked with indigo-blue, orange, and black upon an olive-brown ground, cream-colored below. Senousi (se-nö'si), n. [Algerian: see quot. under Senousian, n.] A Mohammedan religious and political society, especially influential in northern Africa. See the quotation. The Mu ulman confraternity of Senousi. This sect, which is distinguished by its austere and fanatical tenets, arose forty-six years ago under an Algerian, and appears to have in a greater or le degree permeated the Mohammedan world, and acquired vast political importance. It flourishes especially in Northern Africa, reaching as far south as Timbuctoo. Nature , XXX. 478. Senousian (se-nö'si-an), a . and n . [ Senousi + -an.] I. a. Of or pertaining to the Senousi. Ready at a moment's notice to convey to the interior the persons and property of the Senousian authorities. II. n. One of the Senousi. Science, IV. 459. Senousians, or the Brotherhood of Sidi Mohammed Ben Ali es-Senousi, the founder of the order. Science, IV. 457. Senoyst, a. and n. [ Sienese .] Sienese. The Florentines and Senoys are by the ears. Shak ., All's Well, i. 2. 1. senst, v. t. Same as sense2 for incense2 . sensable (sen'sa-bl), a . [ sensel +-able.] telligible. [Rare.] In Your second [sort of figures] serues the conceit onely and not th' eare, and may be called sensable , not sensible, nor yet sententious. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 133.