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Showing results by David Foster Wallace only

the leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant

54

the fronds tend to occupy angles that are sort of Lovecraftian

—p.54 Chapter 3 (50) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

the fronds tend to occupy angles that are sort of Lovecraftian

—p.54 Chapter 3 (50) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

a Spanish or Mexican gentleman (the Spanish word for gentleman)

148

they think I am an okay caballero

—p.148 Chapter 5 (135) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

they think I am an okay caballero

—p.148 Chapter 5 (135) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

a critical or discursive introduction to a book (from Ancient Greek)

150

prolegomena to any future uprising

—p.150 Chapter 5 (135) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

prolegomena to any future uprising

—p.150 Chapter 5 (135) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

212

About the holes and lacunae and etc.

—p.212 Chapter 6 (177) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

About the holes and lacunae and etc.

—p.212 Chapter 6 (177) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

the house occupied by a minister of a Presbyterian church OR an informal way of referring to someone's house

227

horses in the yard of the doctor's manse next door

—p.227 Chapter 7 (227) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

horses in the yard of the doctor's manse next door

—p.227 Chapter 7 (227) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

238

I feel nothing lapidary inside.

—p.238 Chapter 7 (227) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

I feel nothing lapidary inside.

—p.238 Chapter 7 (227) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

in Aristotle's definition of rhetoric: the means of persuasion, divided between the atechnic (inartistic) and entechnic (artistic)

250

from neurology to politics to Aristotelian pisteis to Jaussian Kritik to stuff like etiquette and clothing fashions

—p.250 Chapter 7 (227) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

from neurology to politics to Aristotelian pisteis to Jaussian Kritik to stuff like etiquette and clothing fashions

—p.250 Chapter 7 (227) by David Foster Wallace
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7 years ago

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