lugubrious
(en)
(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal
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I saw him stop in the middle of the street lugubriously lighted by its gas lamps
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I saw him stop in the middle of the street lugubriously lighted by its gas lamps
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mendicant
(en)
(noun) beggar / (noun) a member of a religious order (as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property; friar
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There was no need. The shower is obligatory only for unclean mendicants. Simone Pau had never taken it.
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There was no need. The shower is obligatory only for unclean mendicants. Simone Pau had never taken it.
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somnolent
(en)
(adjective) of a kind likely to induce sleep / (adjective) inclined to or heavy with sleep; drowsy / (adjective) sleepy
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I looked at the machine, and found in my throat a curious somnolent voice in which to announce to Bertini:
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I looked at the machine, and found in my throat a curious somnolent voice in which to announce to Bertini:
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peremptory
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(adjective) putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay / (adjective) not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply / (adjective) admitting of no contradiction / (adjective) expressive of urgency or command / (adjective) characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance / (adjective) indicative of a peremptory attitude or nature; haughty / (noun) a challenge (as of a juror) made as of right without assigning any cause
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So aggressive and peremptory was this question, that to have met it with a blunt plain-spoken dissent would have been to inflame his anger even farther.
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So aggressive and peremptory was this question, that to have met it with a blunt plain-spoken dissent would have been to inflame his anger even farther.
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dudgeon
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a feeling of offense or deep resentment
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Signorina Luisetta does not laugh: she looks at me, frowning, to see whether I am serious: then goes away in a dudgeon
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Signorina Luisetta does not laugh: she looks at me, frowning, to see whether I am serious: then goes away in a dudgeon
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