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Martin Amis
dyspepsia
(en)
(noun) indigestion; ill humor; disgruntlement
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I went down to the sitting-room, slunk unnoticed past the dyspeptic Sir Herbert
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I went down to the sitting-room, slunk unnoticed past the dyspeptic Sir Herbert
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desultory
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(adjective) marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose / (adjective) not connected with the main subject / (adjective) disappointing in progress, performance, or quality
140
I locked myself in all the same, forced down the alcoholic syrup, and worked desultorily on the Reunion Speech.
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I locked myself in all the same, forced down the alcoholic syrup, and worked desultorily on the Reunion Speech.
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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
141
so intent were the unctuous commentators on concealing the fact that they had bugger-all to say
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so intent were the unctuous commentators on concealing the fact that they had bugger-all to say
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jejune
(en)
(adjective) lacking nutritive value / devoid of significance or interest; dull / naive, simplistic, and superficial
145
I clocked up the jejune libidos of Shelley and Keats, and took Hardy's Befuddled Will into account
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I clocked up the jejune libidos of Shelley and Keats, and took Hardy's Befuddled Will into account
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prelapsarian
(en)
(adjective) characteristic of or belonging to the time or state before the fall of humankind
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an example of prelapsarian high spirits which as of tonight will be another experience unavailable to me
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an example of prelapsarian high spirits which as of tonight will be another experience unavailable to me
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