DISCREET
\dɪskɹˈiːt], \dɪskɹˈiːt], \d_ɪ_s_k_ɹ_ˈiː_t]\
Definitions of DISCREET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"
By Princeton University
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heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"
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By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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from discernere, discretum, (dis, and cernere,) 'to separate.' Discretus, Intertinctus, Separated, (F.) Discret, This epithet is given to certain exanthemata, in which the spots or pustules are separated from each other. It is opposed to confluent.
By Robley Dunglison
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