paries
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of paries
1720–30; < New Latin, special use of Latin pariēs a wall, partition
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
From Latin paries, a wall; properly, a partition-wall, from the root of part or pare.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
That paries proximus concerns us, in our present uneasy condition, more than one likes to think of.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox
He has seen the solecisms of his brother, Common Sense, exposed, and remembers that, —tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel
To those who are not yet visibly assailed, and who possibly believe themselves secure, we can only give the warning: Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.
From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History
Ossification of the parietes of the heart. mitral valves. aortal valves. aorta. coronary arteries.
From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by Warren, John Collins
In nine of these cases there was no fracture, and either no bruise of the parietes or a very slight one.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
After exposing the trachea, a longitudinal incision, about three-quarters of an inch in length, was made through its parietes at the third ring.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
Farquharson and Ill both mention rupture of the abdominal parietes during labor.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Place the left forefinger on one flank and the thumb on the opposite, and pinch up the entire thickness of the abdominal parietes in a triangular fold.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
