charnel
(en)
(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited
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the charnel house of Santa Teresa is linked to the corruption and decadence of twentieth century European history and culture.
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the charnel house of Santa Teresa is linked to the corruption and decadence of twentieth century European history and culture.
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polysemous
(en)
when a word or phrase has multiple meanings (from Greek)
210
as I decoded that very polysemous (if I may) sentence
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as I decoded that very polysemous (if I may) sentence
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catachresis
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(noun) use of the wrong word for the context / (noun) use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech (as blind mouths)
595
“What is a catachresis?” I said. [...] “It’s a metaphor that’s become part of common everyday speech and is no longer perceived as a metaphor. For example: needle’s eye, bottleneck. And an Archilochian?”
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“What is a catachresis?” I said. [...] “It’s a metaphor that’s become part of common everyday speech and is no longer perceived as a metaphor. For example: needle’s eye, bottleneck. And an Archilochian?”
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epicede
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(noun) a funeral song or ode : dirge, elegy.
600
“Tell us what an epicede is,” said Belano without turning around. “It’s an elegy, recited in the presence of the dead,” I said. “Not to be confused with the threnody. The epicede took the form of a choral dialogue. The meter used was the dactylo-epitrite, and later elegiac verse.”
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“Tell us what an epicede is,” said Belano without turning around. “It’s an elegy, recited in the presence of the dead,” I said. “Not to be confused with the threnody. The epicede took the form of a choral dialogue. The meter used was the dactylo-epitrite, and later elegiac verse.”
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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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I don’t know whether today is February 2nd or 3rd. It might be the 4th, or even the 5th or 6th. But it’s all the same to me. This is our threnody.
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I don’t know whether today is February 2nd or 3rd. It might be the 4th, or even the 5th or 6th. But it’s all the same to me. This is our threnody.
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