atelocardia 
atelocardia (at'e-lo-kiir'di-ii), n. [NL., < Gr. 
drtAi/f, imperfect, + napAla = E. heart."] In tcra- 
tol., imperfect development of the heart. 
atelochllia (at'e-lo-kil'i-ii), H. [NL., < Gr. 
areM/e, imperfect, + %ti'Aoc, a lip.] In teratol., 
imperfect development of the lip. Also spelled 
ateloc/H-ili/i. 
Atelochirus (at"e-lo-la'rus), n. [NL., < Gr. 
OTSAJK, imperfect, 4- x?'P, hand.] Same as 
Ateles. Also spelled Atelocheirus. 
atelo-encephalia (at"e-16-en-se-fa'li-a), . 
[NL., < Gr. are'AiK, imperfect, + iynetyaXcu;, the 
brain: see encephalon.] In teratol., imperfect 
development of the encephalon. 
ateloglossia (at'e-lo-glos'i-a), . [NL., < Gr. 
areAt/f, imperfect, + y'Aaaaa, tongue.] In tera- 
tol., imperfect development of the tongue. 
atelognathia (at'e-log-na'thi-a), . [NL., < 
Gr. aTt'Afa, imperfect, + yvaffof, the jaw.] In 
teratol., imperfect development of the jaw. 
atelomyelia (at"e-lo-mi-e'li-a), n. [NL., < Gr. 
arM/f, imperfect, + [tveMs, marrow.] In tera- 
tol., imperfect development of the spinal cord. 
ateloprosopia (at"e-lo-pro-s6'pi-ii), n. [NL., < 
Gr. arel-iK, imperfect, + 7rp6aum>v, the face : see 
Prosopis.] In teratol, imperfect development 
of the face. 
atelqrachidia (at"e-lo-ra-kid'i-a), n. [NL., < 
Gr. arf/Lifc, imperfect, + pd^if, back-bone.] In 
teratol., imperfect development of the spinal 
column. 
Atelornis (at-e-16r'nis), n. [NL., < Gr. areAfe, 
imperfect, + opvi$, bird.] A genus of Madagas- 
can ground-rollers, family Coranidw and sub- 
family Brachypteraciinw. A. pittoidcs is a typi^ 
cal species, of gorgeous colors and terrestrial 
nocturnal habits. 
atelostomia (at'e-lo-sto'mi-a), n. [NL., < Gr. 
areAfa, imperfect, + ar6fia, mouth: see stoma.~] 
In teratol., imperfect development of the mouth. 
a tempo, a tempo prime (a tem'po, pre'mo). 
[It., lit. to time, to the first time : a, < L. ad, to ; 
tempo, < L. tempus, time (see tempo) ; primo, < 
L. primus, first: see prime.'] In music, a di- 
rection, after any change of movement, as by 
acceleration or retardation, that the original 
time be restored. See a battuta. 
a tempo giusto (ii tem'po jos'to). [It., lit. to 
just time : a tempo (see a tempo) ; giusto, < L. 
Justus, just: see just^.~\ In music, a direction 
to sing or play in an equal, just, or strict time. 
It is seldom used except when the time has been inter- 
rupted, as during a recitative, to suit the action and pas- 
sion of the piece. 
Ateuchus (a-tu'kus), n. [NL., lit. without ar- 
mor, in allusion to the absence of a scutellum, 
< Gr. arcv^'K, unarmed, unequipped, < a- priv. 
+ revxof, pi. reuxea, arms, armor, prop, imple- 
ments, < Ttvxuv, make, produce.] A genus of 
lamellicorn beetles, of the family Scarabceidw. 
A . gacer seems to have been the sacred beetle, or scarabreus, 
figured on Egyptian monuments, ornaments, amulets, etc., 
and of which a figure, either in porcelain or carved out of 
stone, rarely a gem, was placed in the bosom of every 
mummy, as a symbol of and prayer for resurrection. 
atf (atf), n. Same as atcf. 
atgart, . [Also improp. ategar, repr. AS. eet- 
gdr, also aitgatru (only in glosses), (= OFries. 
etger, etker = OHG. azger, aziger = Icel. at- 
geirr), a spear, < tut-, appar. the prep, cet, at, + 
gar, a spear : see ijw 1 , garfish, gore*.] A kind 
of spear or lance formerly in use. 
Athabaskan (ath-a-bas'kan), a. and n. I. a. 
Belonging to a certain great family of North 
American Indian languages and tribes, occu- 
pying a vast extent of country south from the 
Eskimo region, between Hudson's Bay and the 
Rocky Mountains, with outlying members also 
west of the mountains, as far south as Mexico, 
including the Apaches and Navajos. 
II. n. A member or the language of this 
family. 
Also spelled Athabascan, AthapasTcan. 
athalamous (a-thal'a-mus), a. [< Gr. a- priv. 
+ 0dAa//of, bed: see thalamus."] In bot., with- 
out apotheeia : applied to lichens, or lichenoid 
growths, the fructification of which is unknown. 
Athalia (a-tha'li-a), n. [NL., named with al- 
362 
athallinc (a-thal'in), . [< Gr. a- priv. + 
Oa'AAuf, a frond : see thallus.] In bot., without 
a thallus ; characterized by the absence of a 
thallus. 
athamantin (ath-a-mau'tin), n. [< Athamanta 
(see del'.) + -i>i 2 .] In client., a substance (34 
H 30 O 7 ) produced from the root and seeds of 
the Athamanta oreoselinum and other species 
of the same genus of European and Asiatic um- 
belliferous herbs. It has a rancid soapy odor, 
and a slightly bitter acrid taste. H. llatts. 
athamauntt, '* An old form of adamant. 
athanasia (ath-a-na'si-a), n. [< Gr. dttavaaia, 
immortality (> ML. athanasia, tansy), < aSa- 
TOTof, immortal, < a- priv. + Oavarof, death.] 1. 
Deathlessness ; immortality. Msoathanasy. 
2f. The herb tansy. See tansy. 
Athanasian (ath-a-na'sian), a. and n. [< LL. 
Athanasius, < Gr!' 'ABavuatos, a proper name, 
< affdvarof, immortal.] I. a. Pertaining to 
Athanasius (about 296 to 373), bishop of Alex- 
andria. Athanasian creed, a creed formerly ascribed 
to Athanasius, but whose real authorship is unknown. It 
is an explicit assertion of the doctrines of the Trinity (as 
opposed to Arianism) and of the incarnation, and contains 
what are known as the "damnatory clauses" in the con- 
cluding formulas of the two parts, viz.: " Whosoever will 
be saved, before all things it is necessary that he should 
hold the catholic faith ; which faith, except every one do 
keep whole and uudenled, without doubt he shall perish 
everlastingly " ; and "This is the catholic faith ; which ex- 
cept a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved." This 
creed is retained in the service of the Church of England, 
but not in that of the American Episcopal Church. 
II. n. A follower of Athanasius or a believer 
in his creed. 
Athanasianisin (ath-a-na'sian-izm), n. [< 
Athanasian + ism.'] The principles or doc- 
trines of the Athanasian creed. 
Athanasianist (ath-a-na'sian-ist), n. [< Atha- 
nasian + -ist.] An Athanasian. 
athanasy (a-than'a-si), n. Same as athanasia, 1. 
Time brings to obscure authors an odd kind of repara- 
tion, an immortality not of love and interest and admira- 
tion, but of curiosity merely. ... Is not then a scholas- 
tic athanatty better than none V 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 346. 
athanor (ath'a-nor), n. [Late ME. also athenor 
(cf. F. athanor), < Sp. atanor, a siphon or pipe 
for conveying water, < Ar. at-tannur, < al, the, 
+ tannur, < Heb. or Aramaic tannur, an oven or 
furnace, < nur, fire.] A self-feeding digesting 
furnace formerly used by alchemists. It was 
so made as to maintain a uniform and durable 
heat. 
Athecata (ath-e-ka'ta), n. pi. [NL., iieut. pi. 
of athecatus, not sheathed : see athecate.] A 
name of the gymnoblastie hydroid hydrozoans, 
which are not sheathed, that is, have no go- 
nangia and no hydrothecsB : a synonym of 
(iymnoblastea (which see). 
athecate (ath'e-kat), a. [< NL. atltecatus, < Gr. 
d- priv. + ft?*??, a sheath: see theca.] Not 
sheathed ; specifically, of or pertaining to the 
Athecata. 
atheism (a'the-izm), . [= F. atheisme = Pg. 
atheismo = Sp. It. ateismo, < NL. 'atheismus, < 
Gr. dfeor, without a god, denying the gods, < d- 
priv. + (feof, a god. The Gr. term for atheism 
was dSforr/f.] 1. The doctrine that there is no 
God ; denial of the existence of God. 
Atheitm is a disbelief in the existence of God that is, 
disbelief in any regularity in the universe to which man 
must conform himself under penalties. 
J. R. Setley, Nat. Religion, p. 26. 
2. The denial of theism, that is, of the doctrine 
that the great first cause is a supreme, intel- 
ligent, righteous person. 3. A practical indif- 
ference to and disregard of God ; godlessness. 
[In the first sense above given, atheixm is to be discrimi- 
nated from pr(ntli''iHin, uhk-h denies the person, 'ity n! '< .mi. 
and from agnosticism, which denies the possibility of pos- 
itive knowledge concerning him. In the second sense, athe- 
ism includes both pantheism and agnosticism.] 
atheist (a'the-ist), n. and a. [= F. atheists = 
Pg. atheista = Sp. It. ateista, < NL. *<ttli< i.ita. 
<Gr. a8cof. see atheism.'] I. . 1. One who de- 
nies the existence of God, or of a supreme in- 
telligent being. 
Athenaeum 
dency. 2. Denying the existence of God ; god- 
atheistical (a-the-is'ti-kal), a. Marked by or 
manifesting atheism ; atheistic, 
genus of saw-flies, or Terebrantia, of the order 
Hymenoptera and family Tenthredinidte. A. 
spinarum or A. cent /.folia is the turnip saw-fly of Europe, 
whose larv.-o occasionally devastate turnip-fields. The 
parent insect appears about the end of May, and deposits 
its egg in the substance of the leaf, and in about six days 
the larvte are hatched. Within a few days the vegetation 
on which they appear is laid waste by their eating the soft 
tissue of the leaf, leaving only skeletons und stalks. 
Well, inunarrbifs ln;iy own n-liuioii's name, 
But staU-s an- /iflo'i*'* in tln-ir very frame. 
Dryden, I*rol. to Amboyna, 1. 22. 
By night an ntht'i^t half brlirvi-s a Gi.il. 
Viinnn, N light Thoughts, v. 177. 
2. A godless man ; one who disregards his duty 
to God.=Syn. Skeiilic, Deist, etc. See inyw.y. 
II. a. Godless; atheistic: as, "the atheist 
crew," Milton, P. L., vi. 370. 
atheistic (a-the-is'tik), n. [< atltrist + -ic.] 1. 
Pertaining to or characteristic of atheists; in- 
volving, containing, or tending to atheism : as, 
atheistic doctrines or beliefs; an atheistic ten- 
I was present, very seldom going to the publiq theaters 
for many reasons, now as they were abused to an //<./*- 
tical liberty. Eceliin, Diary, Oct. 18, 1666. 
atheistically (a-the-is'ti-kal-i), adv. In an 
atheistic manner ; impiously. 
I entreat such as are atheistically inclined to consider 
these things. Tillotnun. 
atheisticalness (a-the-is'ti-kal-nes), . The 
quality of being atheistic ; irreligiousness. 
Purge out of all hearts profaneness and atheisticaliiexx. 
Hammond, Works, I. 500. 
atheize (a'the-iz), v. : pret. and pp. atheized, 
ppr. athci-iiif/. [< Gr. adtof (see atheism) + -ize.\ 
I.f intrans. To discourse as an atheist. 
We shall now make diligent search and inquiry, to see 
if we can find any other philosophers who atheizfd before 
Democritus und Leucippus. 
Cudwoi-th, Intellectual System, p. 111. 
II. trans. To render atheistic. [Bare.] 
They endeavoured to atheize one another. 
Bp. Berkeley, Minute Philosopher, ii. 
atheizer (a'the-i-zer), . One who atheizes, or 
renders atheistic. Cudworth. [Bare.] 
athelH, [Early ME., < AS. aitheht, aithclo, pi.. 
= OS. adhal = OFries. ethel-, edel- (in comp. and 
deriv. ) = D. adel = OHG. adal, MHG. adel, race, 
family, ancestry, esp. noble ancestry, nobility, 
G. adel, nobility, = Icel. adhal, nature, dis- 
position, family, origin, in comp. chief-, head- 
(mod. also nobility, = Sw. Dan. adel, nobility, a 
sense due to the G.), = Goth. *athal (as in the 
proper name "Athalareilcs (> ML. Athalaricus) 
= AS. JEthelric) ; not found outside of Teut. 
Hence, athel% and atheling, q. v., and ethel, pat- 
rimony (see ethet). In mod. E. only in proper 
names, historical or in actual use, of AS. or 
OHG. origin, as Ethel, Ethelbert, Athelbert = 
Albert, Ethelred, Audrey (St. Audrey, > t-awdry, 
q. v.), etc.] Race; family; ancestry; noble 
ancestry; nobility; honor. 
Her wes Arthur the king athelen bidasled (deprived). 
Layainon, III. 453. 
athel' 2 t, . and . [ME., also ethel, (ethel, and 
prop, athete, ethele, aithele (in northern writers 
often hathel, etc.), < AS. asthele, ethele = OS. 
edili = OFries. ethel, edel = D. edel = OHG. 
edili, MHG. edele, G. edel = Icel. edhal-, edhla- 
(in comp.) = Sw. adel= Dan. a;del (the Scand. 
after G.), noble, of noble family; from the 
noun : see athel 1 .'] I. a. Noble ; illustrious ; 
excellent. 
Lutele children in the cradele, 
.both chorles an ek alhele. 
Owl and A'iyhtitigale, 1. (131. 
II. . A noble ; a chief ; often simply a 
man. 
His hathel on hors watz thenue 
That here his spere & launce. 
Sir Oawayne and the Grene Kniyht (ed. Morris), 1. 2066. 
atheling (ath'el-ing), n. [In mod. use, as a his- 
torical term, also written etheling and wtheling, 
repr. ME. atheling, < AS. aitheliny (= OS. edhi- 
ling = OFries. etheling, edling = OHG. adaling, 
ML. adalingus, adelingus), < cethelu, noble family 
(see athel 1 ), + -ing, a patronymic suffix. The 
word survives in the place-name Athelney, AS. 
^Ethelinga ig, lit. princes' island.] In Anglo- 
Saxon hist. : (a) A crown prince or heir appar- 
ent J one of the royal family. (6) A nobleman. 
Originally none but Anglo-Saxon princes were called 
atht-liiigs, and the atheling was the eldest son of the king 
or nearest heir to the throne, to which, however, he did 
not necessarily succeed ; but the term was afti-rnard ex- 
tended to all who held noble rank. Also written etheling, 
cetheliny. 
An English community [A. 1>. 500-GOO] knew but two or- 
ders of men, the ceorl or the freeman, and the corl or the 
liolilf. The freeman \va.s the base of the village society. 
He was the "free-necked man," whose long hah llnatnl 
over a neck which lia-l never bowed to a lord. . . . But 
the social centre of the village was the eorl, or, as he was 
sometimes called, the n'tlu'lin<t, whose homestead rose 
high above the lowlier dwellings of the ceorls. 
J. J{. (jfreen, Making of England, p. 173. 
One or two rebellions are mentioned, headed by .Elite- 
///-'/v or men of the royal house. 
. A. Fn-i-inuii. Did Eng. Hist., p. 71. 
Athena (a-the'na), H. Same as Athene, 1. 
Athenaeuin, Atheneum (ath-e-ue'um), . [L. 
Atheiia'um, < Gr. 'ADifvaiov, a temple of Athene, 
< 'AOijvn, Athene: see Athene.] I. A temple or 
a place dedicated to Athene, or Minerva; spe- 
cifically, an institution founded at Rome by 
Hadrian for the promotion of literary and scien- 
tific studies, and imitated in the provinces. 
2. [7. e. ; pi. athena'a, nthenea (-a).] In mod- 
