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Stendhal
stentorian
(en)
(adjective) extremely loud
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As he went over to his mill Pere Sorel called out to Julien in a stentorian voice
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As he went over to his mill Pere Sorel called out to Julien in a stentorian voice
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caviling
(en)
(verb) to raise trivial and frivolous objection / (verb) to raise trivial objections to
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Always more disposed to cavil in proportion as he detected a genuine eagerness on the mayor's part, and otherwise full of suspicion and awe
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Always more disposed to cavil in proportion as he detected a genuine eagerness on the mayor's part, and otherwise full of suspicion and awe
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raillery
(en)
(noun) good-natured ridicule; banter / (noun) jest
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bilious
(en)
(adjective) of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition, sickeningly unpleasant
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Bilious, Jansenist, and believing in the obligation of Christian charity
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Bilious, Jansenist, and believing in the obligation of Christian charity
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parvenu
(en)
(noun) one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it
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what it takes to make a parvenu like the Countess de Roiville, for example, turn green with envy
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what it takes to make a parvenu like the Countess de Roiville, for example, turn green with envy
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imprecate
(en)
(verb) to invoke evil on; curse / (verb) to utter curses
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meretricious
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to a prostitute; having the nature of prostitution / (adjective) tawdrily and falsely attractive / (adjective) superficially significant; pretentious
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although disdainful of the meretricious vices he found in most novels, he was at the same time extremely diffident about the merits of his own.
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although disdainful of the meretricious vices he found in most novels, he was at the same time extremely diffident about the merits of his own.
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