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(adj) fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking

6

vomited there by this or that sensitive epicurean

—p.6 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

vomited there by this or that sensitive epicurean

—p.6 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

(noun) the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist

49

In here the tiny office space is the cave of an oracle: steam drifting, sybilline cries arriving out of the darkness . . . Abreactions of the Lord of the Night. . . .

—p.49 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

In here the tiny office space is the cave of an oracle: steam drifting, sybilline cries arriving out of the darkness . . . Abreactions of the Lord of the Night. . . .

—p.49 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

(adjective) deficient in color; wan / (adjective) lacking sparkle or liveliness; dull

59

the sights taking their lead aslant purple hills to pallid sky

—p.59 by Thomas Pynchon
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the sights taking their lead aslant purple hills to pallid sky

—p.59 by Thomas Pynchon
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(noun) a bend in a coast forming an open bay / (noun) a bay formed by such a bend / (noun) a slack part or loop in a rope / (geographical name) the N section of Gulf of Guinea W Africa SW of Nigeria / (geographical name) the E section of Gulf of Guinea W Africa / (geographical name) / (geographical name) wide bay on S coast of Australia; part of Indian Ocean

78

where he conquered a bight of no man's land some 40 yards at its deepest, with a wastage of only 70% of his unit

damn this is so funny

—p.78 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

where he conquered a bight of no man's land some 40 yards at its deepest, with a wastage of only 70% of his unit

damn this is so funny

—p.78 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

the family of plants that inculdes cucumbers

81

such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding's Gourd Surprise—yes, there is something sadistic about recipes with "Surprise" in the title

lmao

—p.81 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding's Gourd Surprise—yes, there is something sadistic about recipes with "Surprise" in the title

lmao

—p.81 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

(noun) a radiant or resplendent quality or state; brilliance

186

Gulls begin to wail, the garment on Slothrop blazes into a refulgent life of its own

—p.186 by Thomas Pynchon
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Gulls begin to wail, the garment on Slothrop blazes into a refulgent life of its own

—p.186 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

(noun) a bend in a coast forming an open bay / (noun) a bay formed by such a bend / (noun) a slack part or loop in a rope / (geographical name) the N section of Gulf of Guinea W Africa SW of Nigeria / (geographical name) the E section of Gulf of Guinea W Africa / (geographical name) / (geographical name) wide bay on S coast of Australia; part of Indian Ocean

314

Slack has been disappearing inch by inch from the bight of cable

—p.314 by Thomas Pynchon
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Slack has been disappearing inch by inch from the bight of cable

—p.314 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

(adjective) bygone former / (noun) past tense

320

In preterite line they have pointed her here,

—p.320 by Thomas Pynchon
strange
1 year, 3 months ago

In preterite line they have pointed her here,

—p.320 by Thomas Pynchon
strange
1 year, 3 months ago

(noun) a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities / (noun) a general servant

351

Chu Piang, the Chinese factotum in the red dzurt, knows something of this

i keep thinking this means bureaucrat but it really means more like manservant

—p.351 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

Chu Piang, the Chinese factotum in the red dzurt, knows something of this

i keep thinking this means bureaucrat but it really means more like manservant

—p.351 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

(from the Latin talio) a retaliation authorized by law, in which the punishment corresponds in kind and degree to the injury (eye for an eye)

355

Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading

—p.355 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago

Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading

—p.355 by Thomas Pynchon
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1 year, 3 months ago