EUPATRID, [=u]-pat'rid, _n._ a member of the Athenian aristocracy. [Gr.
_eupatrid[=e]s_--_eu_, well--_pat[=e]r_, father.]
EUPEPSY, [=u]-pep'si, _n._ good digestion--opp. to _Dyspepsia_.--_adj._
EUPEP'TIC, having good digestion.--_n._ EUPEPTIC'ITY. [Gr.
_eupepsia_--_eu_, well, _pepsis_, digestion--_peptein_, to digest.]
EUPHEMISM, [=u]'fem-izm, _n._ a figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant
or offensive thing is designated by an indirect and milder term.--_v.t._ or
_v.i._ EU'PHEMISE, to express by a euphemism: to use euphemistic
terms.--_adj._ EUPHEMIST'IC.--_adv._ EUPHEMIST'ICALLY. [Gr.
_euph[=e]mismos_--_euph[=e]mos_--_eu_, well, _ph[=e]m[=e]_--_phanaí_, to
speak.]
EUPHONY, [=u]'fo-ni, _n._ an agreeable sound: a pleasing, easy
pronunciation--also EUPH[=O]'NIA.--_adjs._ EUPHON'IC, -AL, EUPH[=O]'NIOUS,
pertaining to euphony: agreeable in sound.--_adv._
EUPH[=O]'NIOUSLY.--_v.t._ EU'PHON[=I]SE, to make euphonious.--_n._
EUPH[=O]'NIUM, the bass instrument of the saxhorn family: a variation of
the harmonica, invented by Chladni in 1790. [Gr. _euph[=o]nia_--_eu_, well,
_ph[=o]n[=e]_, sound.]
EUPHORBIA, [=u]-for'bi-a, _n._ the _Spurge_ genus.--_n._ EUPHOR'BIUM, a gum
resin. [L.,--_Euphorbus_, a physician to Juba, king of Mauritania.]
EUPHRASY, [=u]'fra-zi, _n._ (_bot._) the plant eyebright, formerly regarded
as beneficial in disorders of the eyes. [Gr. _euphrasia_,
delight--_euphrainein_, to cheer--_eu_, well, _phr[=e]n_, the heart.]
EUPHROSYNE, [=u]-fros'i-n[=e], _n._ one of the three Charities or Graces:
merriment. [Gr. _euphr[=o]n_, cheerful.]
EUPHUISM, [=u]'f[=u]-izm, _n._ an affected and bombastic style of language:
a high-flown expression.--_v.i._ EU'PHUISE.--_n._ EU'PHUIST.--_adj._
EUPHUIST'IC. [From _Euphues_, a popular book by John Lyly (1579-80).--Gr.
_euphy[=e]s_, graceful--_eu_, well, _phy[=e]_, growth--_phyesthai_, to
grow.]
EURASIAN, [=u]-r[=a]'zi-an, _adj._ descended from a European on the one
side and an Asiatic on the other: of or pertaining to Europe and Asia taken
as one continent. [From the combination of _Europe_ and _Asia_.]
EUREKA, [=u]-r[=e]'ka, _n._ a brilliant discovery. [Gr. perf. indic. of
_euriskein_, to find; the cry of Archimedes as he ran home naked from the
bath, where a method of detecting the adulteration of Hiero's crown had
suddenly occurred to him.]
EURIPUS, [=u]-r[=i]'pus, _n._ an arm of the sea with strong currents: the
water-channel between the arena and cavea of a Roman hippodrome. [Gr.]
EUROCLYDON, [=u]-rok'li-don, _n._ the tempestuous wind by which St Paul's
ship was wrecked (Acts, xxvii. 14). [Gr., from _euros_, the east wind,
_klyd[=o]n_, a wave--_klyzein_, to dash over.]
EUROPEAN, [=u]-ro-p[=e]'an, _adj._ belonging to _Europe_.--_n._ a native or
inhabitant of Europe.