(adjective) true genuine
There was no echt Sadie in this view, he decided. She looked indistinguishable from any number of smart, well-maintained college girls in the train station.
There was no echt Sadie in this view, he decided. She looked indistinguishable from any number of smart, well-maintained college girls in the train station.
a feeling of melancholy and world-weariness; coined by German author Jean Paul
There was a pleasant Weltschmerz that came over him.
There was a pleasant Weltschmerz that came over him.
a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
the board was empty aside from a hazy pastel palimpsest to remind them of the work they had done.
the board was empty aside from a hazy pastel palimpsest to remind them of the work they had done.
(adjective) extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding; refers to the River Styx of the underworld Hades in Greek mythology;
she and Sam made their way down a Stygian stretch of Amsterdam Avenue
she and Sam made their way down a Stygian stretch of Amsterdam Avenue
(adjective) showing or pointing out directly
Soon, you will not be you. You, like all of us, are a deictic case.
Soon, you will not be you. You, like all of us, are a deictic case.
(adjective) lacking nutritive value / devoid of significance or interest; dull / naive, simplistic, and superficial
A yearbook signing table. Sam thought it sounded jejune. “People love being jejune,” the party planner assured him.
i always thought this meant morelike 'juvenile' soi guess im kinda wrong
A yearbook signing table. Sam thought it sounded jejune. “People love being jejune,” the party planner assured him.
i always thought this meant morelike 'juvenile' soi guess im kinda wrong
(noun) a member of a Muslim religious order noted for devotional exercises (as bodily movements leading to a trance) / (noun) one that whirls or dances with or as if with the abandonment of a dervish
she had been a dervish of selfishness, resentment, and insecurity? Sadie had willed herself to be great: art doesn’t typically get made by happy people.
she had been a dervish of selfishness, resentment, and insecurity? Sadie had willed herself to be great: art doesn’t typically get made by happy people.