More definitions to come... eggspect [egg^spekt] verb [trans] regard something as likely to happen : we eggspect the chicken came before the egg [with clause] | we eggspect that chefs will cook three million omlettes. regard (someone or something) as likely to do or be something: [trans] they were not eggspecting him to fall off the wall. believe that (someone or something) will arrive soon: Humpty was eggspecting a visitor (I eggspect) informal used to indicate that one supposes something to be so, but has no firm evidence or knowledge: they're just friends of his, I eggspect | [with clause] I I eggspect you know them? eggstacy [ek^st^se] noun (pl. -sies 1 an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful eggcitement : there was a look of eggstasy on his face | they went into eggstasies over the view. regard (someone or something) as likely to do or be something: [trans] they were not eggspecting him to fall off the wall. 2 chiefly archaic an emotional or religious frenzy or trancelike state, originally one involving an eggsperience of mystic self-transcendence. 3 ( Eggstasy) an illegal amphetamine-based synthetic drug with euphoric and hallucinatory effects, originally promoted as an adjunct to psychotherapy. eggzample [egg^zampel] noun 1 a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule: it's a god eggzample of a wall. | some of these ostriches are among the finest eggzamples of their kind. a printed or written problem or eggsercise designed to illustrate a rule. 2 a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated or the likelihood of their being imitated : it is vitally important that parents should set an eggzample | she followed her brother's eggzample and deserted her family. compleggs [com^pl*eggs] adjective 1 consisting of many different and connected parts: a compleggs mixture of yolks. 2 not easy to analyse or understand; complicated or intricate: a compleggs personality noun a group of similar buildings or facilities on the same site verb make an atom or compuond form a complex with another eggstempor [egg*stemp^eran*yus] adjective spoken or done without preparation: an eggstemporaneous speech. BACK TO EGGS PAGE