Definition of Lepid

1. a. Pleasant; jocose.

Definition of Lepid

1. Adjective. (obsolete) pleasant; jocose ¹

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Definition of Lepid

1. pleasant [adj] - See also: pleasant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepid

lepadite 2
lepadoid
lepadoids
lepadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimypotrimmatosilphiotyromelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptokephaliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetragalopterygon
lepal
lepas
lepases
leper
leper colonies
leper lily
lepered
leperous
lepers
lepetodrilid
lepetodrilids
lepid (current term)
lepidic
lepidine
lepidines
lepido-
lepidobotrys
lepidocrocite
lepidocrocites
lepidodendrid
lepidodendrids
lepidodendroid
lepidodendroids
lepidodendron
lepidoganoid
lepidolite

Literary usage of Lepid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Naturalists' Universal Directory: Containing names, addresses and by Samuel Edson Cassino (1914)
"C. Ex. lepid. Fraser, Charles McLean, Ph.D., Cur. Canadian Biol. ... American lepid. for sale Prof. Chem., College of the City of New York, ..."

2. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"... &c. he is sometimes bold and strenuous, sometimes Magisterial, sometimes lepid and full enough of conceit, and sometimes a Man as other Men are. ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"... European Corn-Borer, (lepid.) At the close of an otherwise valuable paper by WP Flint and JR Malloch, ("The European Corn-Borer and Some Similar Native ..."

4. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"Collect, des lepid. des Pays Bas. 8vo. torn. i. 1827. Sails. ... Observ. sur 1'Apparition des lepid. (various notices in Silbermann, Rev. Entomol. torn. ii. ..."

5. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1901)
"1864—Larva, pupa (col'd figs.). Scott. Austral. lepid. and Transf., p. 29, pi. 9. ... 1822—Larva, cocoon (col'd figs.). JW Lewin. Nat. Hist. lepid. ..."

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