lambent
(en)
(adjective) playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering / (adjective) softly bright or radiant / (adjective) marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression
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Imagine lying there beneath such a pendulous chandelier of lambent gloom
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Imagine lying there beneath such a pendulous chandelier of lambent gloom
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abeyance
(en)
(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension
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looking for something, yes, abeyant treasure – the bedrock of himself in other words
weird
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looking for something, yes, abeyant treasure – the bedrock of himself in other words
weird
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autotelic
(en)
(adjective) having a purpose in and not apart from itself
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when I was that age had none of the clarity and assuredness of Sagan’s work, they were autotelic and inscrutable and quite often when I read back over them I didn’t understand them at all
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when I was that age had none of the clarity and assuredness of Sagan’s work, they were autotelic and inscrutable and quite often when I read back over them I didn’t understand them at all
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serried
(en)
(adjective) crowded or pressed together; compact / (adjective) marked by ridges; serrate / (verb) to press together especially in ranks / (verb) to crowd together
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I liked flicking through them, seeing all the long serried German words
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I liked flicking through them, seeing all the long serried German words
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umbrage
(en)
(noun) offense or annoyance
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he told them all about it in the exact same way with the exact same degree of umbrage each time
lol
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he told them all about it in the exact same way with the exact same degree of umbrage each time
lol
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cadent
(en)
(adjective) being in the process of falling / (adjective) having rhythmic cadence
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She presses down firmly, trying to stifle this engrossing bout of cadent gagging
huh cool
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She presses down firmly, trying to stifle this engrossing bout of cadent gagging
huh cool
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lubricious
(en)
(adjective) marked by wantonness; lecherous / (adjective) salacious / (adjective) having a smooth or slippery quality
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Fleetingly cajoles the two fingertips with lubricious delight before the tongue and the lips, her whole mouth, departs from the hand completely
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Fleetingly cajoles the two fingertips with lubricious delight before the tongue and the lips, her whole mouth, departs from the hand completely
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scabrous
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(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid
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wolfed up by the scabrous dark that presses so very ravenously up against her bluish ankles
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wolfed up by the scabrous dark that presses so very ravenously up against her bluish ankles
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