Ar`is*tol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; dinner + -logy.] The science of dining. Quart. Rev.
Ar`is*to*phan"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.
Ar`is*to*te"li*an (?; 277), a. Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n. A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.
Ar`is*to*te"li*an*ism (&?;). The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.
Ar`is*to*tel"ic (&?;), a. Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. "Aristotelic usage." Sir W. Hamilton.
Ar"is*to`tle's lan"tern (&?;). (Zoöl.) The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
A*ris"tu*late (?; 135), a. [Dim. fr. arista.] (Bot.) Having a short beard or awn. Gray.
Ar"ith*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; number + -mancy.] Divination by means of numbers.
A*rith"me*tic (&?;), n. [OE. arsmetike, OF. arismetique, L. arithmetica, fr. Gr. &?; (sc. &?;), fr. &?; arithmetical, fr. &?; to number, fr. &?; number, prob. fr. same root as E. arm, the idea of counting coming from that of fitting, attaching. See Arm. The modern Eng. and French forms are accommodated to the Greek.] 1. The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.