I*de"o*graph (?), n. Same as Ideogram.
{ I`de*o*graph"ic (?), I`de*o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
idéographique.] Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by
symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word "nine,"
but the idea of the number itself. -- I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
I`de*o*graph"ics (?), n. The system of writing in ideographic
characters; also, anything so written.
I`de*og"ra*phy (?), n. The representation of ideas independently of
sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand
writing, etc.
I`de*o*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. idéologique.] Of or pertaining to
ideology.
I`de*ol"o*gist (?), n. One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or
idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the
doctrines of ideology.
I`de*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Ideo- + -logy: cf. F. idéologie.] 1. The science
of ideas. Stewart.
2. (Metaph.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them
exclusively from sensation.
By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek, idéologie . . . has in
France become the name peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of
mind which exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation. Sir W.
Hamilton.
I`de*o-mo"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) An ideo-motor movement.
I`de*o-mo"tor (?), a. [Ideo- + motor.] (Physiol.) Applied to those
actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of
dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts,
as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while
the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. Carpenter.
Ides (dz), n. pl. [L. idus: cf. F. ides.] (Anc. Rom. Calendar) The
fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day
of the other months.
The ides of March remember.
Shak.
Eight days in each month often pass by this name, but only one strictly
receives it, the others being called respectively the day before the
ides, and so on, backward, to the eighth from the ides.
Id"i*o- (d"*-). A combining form from the Greek 'i`dios, meaning
private, personal, peculiar, distinct.
Id"i*o*blast (d"**blst), n. [Ideo- + -blast.] (Bot.) An individual
cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size,
structure, or contents.
||Id`i*o*cra"sis (?), n. [NL.] Idiocracy.
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Id`i*oc"ra*sy (?), n.; pl. Idiocrasies (#). [Idio- + Gr. kra^sis a
mixture, fr. &?; to mix: cf. F. idiocrasie.] Peculiarity of
constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is
peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.
{ Id`i*o*crat"ic (?), Id`i*o*crat"ic*al (?), } a. Peculiar in
constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.
Id"i*o*cy (d"**s), n. [From idiot; cf. Gr. &?; uncouthness, want of
education, fr. &?;. See Idiot, and cf. Idiotcy.] The condition or
quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and
intelligence.
I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the
proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right
angles.
F. W. Robertson.
Id`i*o*cy*cloph"a*nous (?), a. [Idio- + Gr. &?; circle + &?; to
appear.] (Crystallog.) Same as Idiophanous.
Id`i*o*e*lec"tric (?), a. [Idio- + electric: cf. F. idioélectrique.]
(Physics) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of
becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric. -- n. An
idioelectric substance.
Id"i*o*graph (d"**grf), n. [Gr. &?; autographic; 'i`dios one's own +
gra`fein to write.] A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a
trade-mark.
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{ Id`i*o*graph"ic (d`**grf"k), Id`i*o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. Of or
pertaining to an idiograph.
Id`i*ol"a*try (?), n. [Idio- + Gr. &?; to worship.] Self-worship;
excessive self- esteem.
Id"i*om (d"*m), n. [F. idiome, L. idioma, fr. Gr. 'idi`wma, fr.
'idioy^n to make a person's own, to make proper or peculiar; fr.
'i`dios one's own, proper, peculiar; prob. akin to the reflexive
pronoun o"y^, o'i^, 'e`, and to "eo`s, 'o`s, one's own, L. suus, and to
E. so.] 1. The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language;
the genius or cast of a language.
Idiom may be employed loosely and figuratively as a synonym of
language or dialect, but in its proper sense it signifies the
totality of the general rules of construction which characterize
the syntax of a particular language and distinguish it from other
tongues.
G. P. Marsh.
By idiom is meant the use of words which is peculiar to a
particular language.
J. H. Newman.
He followed their language [the Latin], but did not comply with the
idiom of ours.
Dryden.
2. An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural
form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage,
having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical
sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a
particular author.
Some that with care true eloquence shall teach, And to just idioms
fix our doubtful speech.
Prior.
Sometimes we identify the words with the object -- though by
courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of language.
Coleridge.
Every good writer has much idiom.
Landor.
It is not by means of rules that such idioms as the following are
made current: "I can make nothing of it." "He treats his subject
home." Dryden. "It is that within us that makes for righteousness."
M. Arnold.