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1. imparfit adj.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Sinful, immoral; (b) of clergy, monks, etc., and their life: not engaged in, or not fully conducive to, the serious quest for spiritual perfection [difficult to distinguish from (a)]; (c) not…

2. mol adj.

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(a) Softened, pulverized; of soil: loose, powdery; (b) of weather: mild; (c) as noun: something soft or weak, an effeminate man, the soft part of the head; (d) mus. flat [see be-mol n.].

3. parfī̆t adj.

250 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Flawless, unblemished; also fig.; of persons, actions, intentions: faultless, blameless; of gold, metal: perfectly refined; of a soul: pure; of law: incorrupt; of sight, light: unobscured…

4. sesquialtera adj.

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Having the proportion of one and one half to one, bearing the ratio of three to two; mus. proporcioun sesquialtera, an interval of a fifth.

5. sesquioctāva adj.

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Mus. Having the proportion of one and one eighth to one, bearing the ratio of nine to eight; proporcioun sesquioctava, an interval of a whole tone, a major second.

6. sesquitercia adj.

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Mus. Having the proportion of one and one third to one, bearing the ratio of four to three; proporcioun sesquitercia, an interval of a fourth.