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indelibly
Who Killed My Father

I want these names to become as indelible as those of Adolphe Thiers, of Shakespeare’s Richard III, of Jack the Ripper.

—p.84 by Lorin Stein, Édouard Louis
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meretricious
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

her multisyllabic mewing sounds were stagy, meretricious

i thought it meant fake/lying. close enough

—p.191 by Adelle Waldman
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stentorian

A stentorian, Faulkner-like voice within him

i thought it meant moralising

—p.132 by Adelle Waldman
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bilious

a suspicious, bilious sort of person

—p.88 by Adelle Waldman
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louche

His current self was considerably more louche

—p.48 by Adelle Waldman
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