sybaritic
(en)
fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent (derives from the Greek city Sybaris)
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Long days, warm orgiastic nights. A sybariticism for the end of a world.
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Long days, warm orgiastic nights. A sybariticism for the end of a world.
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inveigle
(en)
(verb) to win over by wiles; entice / (verb) to acquire by ingenuity or flattery; wangle
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had at the start of the war inveigled royal permission to join the army
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had at the start of the war inveigled royal permission to join the army
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in toto
(la)
in total
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The Bolsheviks took the hardest line: that the Provisional Government in toto could not be trusted
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The Bolsheviks took the hardest line: that the Provisional Government in toto could not be trusted
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tendentious
(en)
(adjective) marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view; biased
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‘Without firing a single shot we were victorious,’ Kerensky wrote, ten years later. The ‘we’ was breathtakingly tendentious.
on the Kornilov revolt
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‘Without firing a single shot we were victorious,’ Kerensky wrote, ten years later. The ‘we’ was breathtakingly tendentious.
on the Kornilov revolt
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sop
(en)
(noun) a piece of food dipped or steeped in a liquid / (noun) a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe, gift, or gesture / (verb) to steep or dip in or as if in liquid / (verb) to wet thoroughly; soak / (verb) mop / (abbreviation) standard operating procedure; standing operating procedure
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Kerensky’s only sop to the Soviet was the exclusion from his dictatorial Directory of any Kadets
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Kerensky’s only sop to the Soviet was the exclusion from his dictatorial Directory of any Kadets
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etiolated
(en)
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light; having lost vigour or substance; feeble
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By the constant threat of reshuffles, he kept his last, etiolated Provisional Government in line
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By the constant threat of reshuffles, he kept his last, etiolated Provisional Government in line
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chary
(en)
(adjective) dear treasured / (adjective) ; discreetly cautious; as / (adjective) hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks / (adjective) slow to grant, accept, or expend
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Some districts and representatives remained optimistic – Latsis, as ever, was positively boosterish – but many grew chary.
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Some districts and representatives remained optimistic – Latsis, as ever, was positively boosterish – but many grew chary.
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officious
(en)
(adjective) kind obliging / (adjective) dutiful / (adjective) volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed; meddlesome / (adjective) informal unofficial
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The guards were adamant they could not come in. It seemed as if after their heart-in-mouth journey, the officious defences of their own side might stymie them.
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The guards were adamant they could not come in. It seemed as if after their heart-in-mouth journey, the officious defences of their own side might stymie them.
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apophatic
(en)
(adj, theology) (of knowledge of God) obtained through negating concepts that might be applied to him
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A political via negativa, an apophatic revolutionism
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A political via negativa, an apophatic revolutionism
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invidious
(en)
(adjective) tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy / (adjective) envious / (adjective) of an unpleasant or objectionable nature; obnoxious / (adjective) of a kind to cause harm or resentment
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Lenin has fought a lonely battle insisting that the invidious demands be accepted
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Lenin has fought a lonely battle insisting that the invidious demands be accepted
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