imprecate
(en)
(verb) to invoke evil on; curse / (verb) to utter curses
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Driscoll’s imprecations were all that the worst could desire; and Leith already looked to a future in which he might forget them.
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Driscoll’s imprecations were all that the worst could desire; and Leith already looked to a future in which he might forget them.
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paralalia
(en)
a speech disorder marked by distortions of sounds or substitution of letters
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Spreading a double page of Japanese characters, he uttered a stream of mad, paralaliac sounds, his comic rendering of Japanese.
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Spreading a double page of Japanese characters, he uttered a stream of mad, paralaliac sounds, his comic rendering of Japanese.
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espalier
(en)
(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow flat against a support (as a wall) / (noun) a railing or trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat / (verb) to train as an espalier / (verb) to furnish with an espalier
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We’d never seen espaliered trees, and thought they must be blitzed or dead.
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We’d never seen espaliered trees, and thought they must be blitzed or dead.
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saturnine
(en)
(adjective) born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn / (adjective) cold and steady in mood; slow to act or change / (adjective) of a gloomy or surly disposition / (adjective) having a sardonic aspect
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The mixture of sandy and saturnine, and a stalwart couple with Maori blood
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The mixture of sandy and saturnine, and a stalwart couple with Maori blood
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