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etiology

Despite his megalomania, Pessoa harbored no illusions about the unexceptional, even bourgeois etiology of his disquiet

—p.18 Introduction: The Drama and Dream of Fernando Pessoa (1) by Richard Zenith
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akimbo

Martina stood silent on the terrace, in T-shirt and useful shorts, one arm akimbo as she trained her hose

—p.333 by Martin Amis
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misprision

they have what men call self-belief and blame you for your misprisions in their dreams

—p.331 by Martin Amis
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vituperation

You have to queue, and pay good money, to mingle with vituperative interpreters and flashlight-faced Japanese

—p.326 by Martin Amis
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plenipotentiary

The adult movie was a period piece and more thoughtfully plotted than usual, all about a black plenipotentiary (Ottoman? Carthaginian?) and the appetites of his talented wife

—p.216 by Martin Amis
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