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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
- Example: "an arrant fool"
- Example: "a complete coward"
- Example: "a consummate fool"
- Example: "a double-dyed villain"
- Example: "gross negligence"
- Example: "a perfect idiot"
- Example: "pure folly"
- Example: "what a sodding mess"
- Example: "stark staring mad"
- Example: "a thoroughgoing villain"
- Example: "utter nonsense"
- Example: "the unadulterated truth"
[syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Double-dyed \Dou"ble-dyed`\, a.
   Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly
   fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

double-dyed
    adj 1: without qualification; used informally as (often
           pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete
           coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain";
           "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly";
           "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a
           thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the
           unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a),
           consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a),
           gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a),
           stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a),
           unadulterated]