by
David Lipsky
hellaciously
(en)
very great, bad, or overwhelming
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peripatetic
(en)
traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods
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nexes
(en)
plural of nexus
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jongleur
(en)
an itinerant minstrel
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lapidary
(en)
relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing
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occlusive
(en)
(adj) occluding or tending to occlude (stop, close up, obstruct, etc)
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umbrage
(en)
(noun) offense or annoyance
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misprision
(en)
(noun; historical; law) the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony; (literary) Harold Bloom's term for when strong writers misinterpret their literary predecessors so as to clear imaginative space for themselves
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capering
(en)
skip or dance about in a lively or playful way
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gibbering
(en)
speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock
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