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trammeled
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History

their pleasures were insufficiently trammeled by conscience and responsibility

—p.94 Centrally Located (85) by Jonathan Franzen
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sui generis

My memory of that shriveling and rolling was sui generis, distrinct from my other memories.

—p.38 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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inimical

generally inimical to bell-bottomed, lefty film-studies majors

—p.28 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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gestalt

but the office gestalt was hawkish

I assume he's using the word in the German meaning here; it also has related meanings in psychology and other fields

—p.28 Two Ponies (28) by Jonathan Franzen
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lee

We were standing in the lee of an eatery

—p.26 House for Sale (3) by Jonathan Franzen
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