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epigone
(en)
(noun) follower disciple / (noun) an inferior imitator
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the most visible American inheritors were exegetes and epigones, translators and disciples
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the most visible American inheritors were exegetes and epigones, translators and disciples
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brio
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(noun) brilliance, panache, quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
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with the Proustian longtemps, thrown off, with such brio, in a work of history!
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with the Proustian longtemps, thrown off, with such brio, in a work of history!
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coeval
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(adjective) of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
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Bad enough that our coevals write about frontier America
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Bad enough that our coevals write about frontier America
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parlous
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(adjective) full of danger or uncertainty; precarious
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Diana laughs to herself at her ineffectuality and at the parlous state of the world
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Diana laughs to herself at her ineffectuality and at the parlous state of the world
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limn
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(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light
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he has supplied the basic information, limned the relevant controversies, hazarded an original perception or two
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he has supplied the basic information, limned the relevant controversies, hazarded an original perception or two
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truculent
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eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
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His fearless cheekiness has become truculent bravado
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His fearless cheekiness has become truculent bravado
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