adj. in a period of sexual inactivity; -- of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season. Syn. -- diestrous, diestrual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster. ] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.
-- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
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