[prem-is] -noun -a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion -1325–75; Middle English premiss < Medieval Latin praemissa, noun use of feminine of Latin praemissus past participle of praemittere to send before, equivalent to prae- pre- + mittere to send. See dismiss, remiss
recluse pg 242- What reasonable recluse wants childern peeping through his shutters, delivering greetings on the end of a fishing-pole, wandering in his collards at night?-
[rek-loos] -noun -a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society- 1175–1225; Middle English < Old French reclus < Late Latin reclūsus, past participle of reclūdere to shut up, equivalent to re- re- + -clūd-, combining form of claudere to close + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
brevity pg 233- When Miss Maudie was angry her brevity was icy.-
[brev-i-tee]- noun -shortness of time or duration; briefness- 1500–10; < Anglo-French brevite, Old French brievete. See brief, -ity
acquittal pg 222- "You might like to know that there was one fellow who took considerable wearing down-in the beginning he was rarin' for an outright acquittal."-
[uh-kwit-l] -noun -the act of acquitting; discharge. -1400–50; late Middle English a ( c ) quitaille < Anglo-French; see acquit, -al2
rapping pg 221- "Stop that rapping John Taylor I want to ask this man something."-
[rap-ing] -noun -the act or sound of a person or thing that raps. -1350–1400; Middle English. See rap1 , -ing1
furtive pg 218- "What on earth will Ewell do to me, sister?" "Something furtive, you may count on that."-
[fur-tiv] adjective -taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret- 1480–90; < Latin furtīvus, equivalent to furt ( um ) theft (compare fūr thief) + -īvus -ive
statute pg 219- He said he didn't have any quarell with the rape statute, none whatever, but he did have deep misgivings when the state asked for and the jury gave a death penalty on purely circumstancial evidence.-
[stach-oot, -oo
t]- noun -an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document. 1250–1300; Middle English statut < Old French estatut < Late Latin statūtum, noun use of neuter of Latin statūtus (past participle of statuere to make stand, set up, derivative of status status), equivalent to statū-, verb stem + -tus past participle suffix myopic pg 130- Instead, Maycomb grew and sprawled out from its hub, Sinkfield's Tavern, because Sinkfield reduced his guests to myopic drunkenness one evening, induced them to bring forward their maps and charts, lop off a little here, add a bit there and adjust the center of the county to meet his requirements.-
[mahy-op-ik, -oh-pik] -adjective -lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.- 1790–1800; myop(ia) + -ic
negligee pg 139- She never got over the fright of finding a rattler coiled in her bedroom closet, on her washing, when she went to hang up her negligee.-
[neg-li-zhey, neg-li-zhey] -noun -a dressing gown or robe, usually of sheer fabric and having soft, flowing lines, worn by women.- 1745–55, Americanism; < French négligé carelessness, undress, literally, neglected, past participle of négliger < Latin negligere, variant of neglegere to neglect
cathedra pg 195- I remembered something he had said about Judge Taylor's ex cathedra remarks sometimes exceeding his duty, but that few lawyers ever did anything about them.-
[kuh-thee-druh, kath-i-] -noun- an official chair, as of a professor in a university. -1625–35; < Latin < Greek kathédra, derivative of kathézomai to sit down; see cata-, sit; cf. chair
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