by
James Wood
abeyance
(en)
(noun) a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested / (noun) temporary inactivity; suspension
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the mind putting the 'understanding' into abeyance
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the mind putting the 'understanding' into abeyance
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dun
(en)
(adjective) marked by dullness and drabness
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high above the dun currents of the prosaic
man
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high above the dun currents of the prosaic
man
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meliorism
(en)
(noun) the belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment
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schlemiel
(ji)
a stupid, awkward, or unlucky person
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the piles of intellectual slack which truss these schlemiels like babies
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the piles of intellectual slack which truss these schlemiels like babies
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dappled
(en)
(adjective) marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background
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We begin the obituary in laughter and end it in tears, in a sublime dapple of emotions
god
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We begin the obituary in laughter and end it in tears, in a sublime dapple of emotions
god
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ludic
(en)
(adjective) of, relating to, or characterized by play; playful
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the artist's quizzical and ludic force
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the artist's quizzical and ludic force
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elegiac
(en)
relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
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Bellow is using detail not to persuade us of the existence of something but almost the opposite - to confirm its absence. Realism is elegiac, a branch of consciousness
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Bellow is using detail not to persuade us of the existence of something but almost the opposite - to confirm its absence. Realism is elegiac, a branch of consciousness
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sybaritic
(en)
fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent (derives from the Greek city Sybaris)
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his body: simple, broad, sybaritic, and rather too light-footed
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his body: simple, broad, sybaritic, and rather too light-footed
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ratiocination
(en)
(noun) the process of exact thinking; reasoning / (noun) a reasoned train of thought
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sermonising ratiocination
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sermonising ratiocination
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oblatory
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The act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, to a deity. 2. Oblation. a. The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
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red hats become oblatory fires for Franz Joseph
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red hats become oblatory fires for Franz Joseph
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