Ten defs, near all alike in dignity, in fictionary, where we lay our scene. You know how this works! Vote before the weekend arrives.<br><br>- ranjit<br><br><br><br><br>cinchonism - n. - An abnormal condition found in some bony pelagic
fishes, characterized by the appearance of extra fins in atypical
locations.<br><br><br>cinchonism - n - the belief that tight clothing (e.g. girdles, cummerbunds) is healthy, while loose clothing is unhealthy.<br><br><br>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.<br><br><br>Cinchonism:
(noun) The doctrine that a person can achieve a high spiritual state by
paying detailed attention to timing and punctuality.<br><br><br>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.)<br><br><br>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.<br><br><br>cinchonism, n. A humorous logical argument typical of Willard van Orman Quinine.<br><br><br>cinchonism, n. The jaundiced hue brought on by dosing with cinchona bark or similar antimalarials.<br>
<br><br>cinchonism – n.(fr. Spanish) - to make a fetish of tightening your belt, literally or metaphorically.<br><br>
<br>cinchonism, n. (Rhetoric) A type of fallacious argument in which the
audience is assumed to disagree with a previously made argument.<br><br>