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(adjective) using or given to coarse language / (adjective) vulgar and evil / (adjective) containing obscenities, abuse, or slander

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During their lunches he was always wonderfully scurrilous and bad tempered about his peers

—p.20 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith

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During their lunches he was always wonderfully scurrilous and bad tempered about his peers

—p.20 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith

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curved convexly or swelled

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Their pulvinate bellies were red satin

—p.58 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith

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Their pulvinate bellies were red satin

—p.58 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith

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(adjective) glowing with light; luminous / (adjective) marked by clarity or translucence; clear

116

This second fellow had such lucent white skin and so prominent a plate of bone in his forehead that Howard felt oppressed by the sheer mortality of the man

—p.116 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith

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This second fellow had such lucent white skin and so prominent a plate of bone in his forehead that Howard felt oppressed by the sheer mortality of the man

—p.116 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith

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(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

159

I need you to appreciate that I have been placed in an extremely invidious situation

—p.159 the anatomy lesson (127) by Zadie Smith

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I need you to appreciate that I have been placed in an extremely invidious situation

—p.159 the anatomy lesson (127) by Zadie Smith

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(adjective) kind obliging / (adjective) dutiful / (adjective) volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed; meddlesome / (adjective) informal unofficial

199

They were speaking to each other with tinkling officiousness, like two administrators filling out a form together.

—p.199 the anatomy lesson (127) by Zadie Smith

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They were speaking to each other with tinkling officiousness, like two administrators filling out a form together.

—p.199 the anatomy lesson (127) by Zadie Smith

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(adjective) musty / (adjective) frowsy / having a stale, warm, and stuffy atmosphere.

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It was still frowsty and badly lit