[Fictionary] cinchonism ballot

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

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cinchonism - n. - An abnormal condition found in some bony pelagic fishes,
characterized by the appearance of extra fins in atypical locations.


cinchonism - n - the belief that tight clothing (e.g. girdles, cummerbunds)
is healthy, while loose clothing is unhealthy.


cinchonism - n - a disorder due to excessive or prolonged use of cinchona or
its alkaloids and marked by temporary deafness, ringing in the ears,
headache, dizziness, and rash.


Cinchonism: (noun) The doctrine that a person can achieve a high spiritual
state by paying detailed attention to timing and punctuality.


cinchonism (n.) -- The doctrine that humans, like mermaids or fauns, are
chimeric, their forequarters and hindquarters belonging to two different
extinct or undiscovered species.  (< Pierre Adrien Maximilien Jean Baptiste
de Cinchon, 1657-1715.)


cinchonism, n.  a dwarfing of part of a fruit or vegetable, such as an
under-developed portion of an apple or under-pollinated corn cob.


cinchonism, n. A humorous logical argument typical of Willard van Orman
Quinine.


cinchonism, n. The jaundiced hue brought on by dosing with cinchona bark or
similar antimalarials.


cinchonism – n.(fr. Spanish) - to make a fetish of tightening your belt,
literally or metaphorically.


cinchonism, n. (Rhetoric) A type of fallacious argument in which the
audience is assumed to disagree with a previously made argument.
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