exegesis
(en)
(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text
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maundering
(en)
rambling OR meandering
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quondam
(en)
(adjective) former, sometime (from Latin)
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to strike quondam attractive moral postures
huh
uncertain
1 year, 1 month ago
to strike quondam attractive moral postures
huh
uncertain
1 year, 1 month ago
bivouac
(en)
(noun) a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter / (noun) encampment usually for a night / (noun) a temporary or casual shelter or lodging / (verb) to make a bivouac; camp
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There are no opposing camps; there is no struggle. Each writer is a one-man camp, unallied and unarmed, a lone bivouac under heaven.
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6 years, 11 months ago
There are no opposing camps; there is no struggle. Each writer is a one-man camp, unallied and unarmed, a lone bivouac under heaven.
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6 years, 11 months ago
emendation
(en)
the process of making a revision or correction to a text
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a single emendation
i guess it's equivalent to amendment?
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6 years, 11 months ago
a single emendation
i guess it's equivalent to amendment?
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6 years, 11 months ago
baleful
(en)
(adjective) deadly or pernicious in influence / (adjective) foreboding or threatening evil
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Whether all this academic influence is baleful or not
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6 years, 11 months ago
Whether all this academic influence is baleful or not
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6 years, 11 months ago
exegesis
(en)
(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text
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any formal textual exegesis at all, whether it be Russian formalist, New Critical, phenomenologist, or structuralist
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6 years, 11 months ago
any formal textual exegesis at all, whether it be Russian formalist, New Critical, phenomenologist, or structuralist
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6 years, 11 months ago
empyrean
(en)
(adjective) empyreal / (noun) the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light / (noun) the true and ultimate heavenly paradise / (noun) firmament heavens / (noun) an ideal place or state
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It moves along independently and harmlessly, fascinated with and despairing of its own techniques, advancing by leaps and bounds into the empyrean.
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1 year, 1 month ago
It moves along independently and harmlessly, fascinated with and despairing of its own techniques, advancing by leaps and bounds into the empyrean.
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1 year, 1 month ago
weft
(en)
(noun) a filling thread or yarn in weaving / (noun) yarn used for the weft / (noun) web fabric / (noun) an article of woven fabric / (noun) a knit fabric produced in machine or hand knitting with the yarns running crosswise or in a circle
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This is an elaborated, painterly prose. It raids the world for materials to build sentences. It fabricates a semi-opaque weft of language.
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1 year, 1 month ago
This is an elaborated, painterly prose. It raids the world for materials to build sentences. It fabricates a semi-opaque weft of language.
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1 year, 1 month ago
limpid
(en)
(adjective) marked by transparency; pellucid / (adjective) clear and simple in style / (adjective) absolutely serene and untroubled
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