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imprecate »
(verb) to invoke evil on; curse / (verb) to utter…
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paralalia »
a speech disorder marked by distortions of sounds…
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espalier »
(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow …
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saturnine »
(adjective) born under or influenced astrological…
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“Divorced, from a wartime marriage.” After a pause, he went…
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Damp English day, in which I’ve thought persistently of Aur…