catercorner
(en)
(adverb or adjective) in a diagonal or oblique position
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she was seated near Martin, who was catercorner to her left
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she was seated near Martin, who was catercorner to her left
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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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a woman brimming with affection, a woman so adroitly officious that she gave the impression of belonging to whomever she was addressing
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a woman brimming with affection, a woman so adroitly officious that she gave the impression of belonging to whomever she was addressing
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unctuous
(en)
(adjective) fatty oily / (adjective) smooth and greasy in texture or appearance / (adjective) plastic / (adjective) full of unction / (adjective) revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
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The unctuous voice, the complacent gesture, made Billy Doud seem asinine.
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The unctuous voice, the complacent gesture, made Billy Doud seem asinine.
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supererogation
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(noun) the act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need
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To reinvent the wheel of the rose window would be a supererogatory chore.
from a poem by Rachel Hadas
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To reinvent the wheel of the rose window would be a supererogatory chore.
from a poem by Rachel Hadas
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propitiousness
(en)
(adjective) favorably disposed; benevolent / (adjective) being a good omen; auspicious / (adjective) tending to favor; advantageous
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The truth is that it was not the most propitious time.
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The truth is that it was not the most propitious time.
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soporific
(en)
(adjective) causing or tending to cause sleep / (adjective) tending to dull awareness or alertness / (adjective) of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy / (noun) a soporific agent / (noun) hypnotic
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an intelligent, amiable Greek whose soporific discourses on social injustice were his only fault
cute
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an intelligent, amiable Greek whose soporific discourses on social injustice were his only fault
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redolent
(en)
strongly reminiscent or suggestive of
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Mr. Christopher squinted against her redolent perfume as she breezed confidently into his living room
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Mr. Christopher squinted against her redolent perfume as she breezed confidently into his living room
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ichor
(en)
(noun) a thin watery or blood-tinged discharge / (noun) an ethereal fluid taking the place of blood in the veins of the ancient Greek gods
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fill her blue cup with sunny ichor
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fill her blue cup with sunny ichor
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threnodic
(en)
(relating to) a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
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into melody, retreat, begin again: threnody, aubade,
threnody, aubade, like a man who wakes up
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into melody, retreat, begin again: threnody, aubade,
threnody, aubade, like a man who wakes up
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stentorian
(en)
(adjective) extremely loud
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The doctor’s stentorian voice and overblown statements were starting to annoy him.
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The doctor’s stentorian voice and overblown statements were starting to annoy him.
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