FAMULUS
\fˈamjʊləs], \fˈamjʊləs], \f_ˈa_m_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
fam'[=u]-lus, n. a private secretary or factotum: an attendant, esp. on a magician or scholar.--n. FAM'ULIST, a collegian of inferior position (Dr Murray doubts the word). [L. famulus, a servant.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).