misprision (en)

(noun; historical; law) the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony; (literary) Harold Bloom's term for when strong writers misinterpret their literary predecessors so as to clear imaginative space for themselves

panegyric (en)

(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise

parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

plenipotentiary (en)

(adjective) invested with full power / (adjective) of or relating to a plenipotentiary / (noun) a person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business / (noun) a diplomatic agent ranking below an ambassador but possessing full power and authority

prelapsarian (en)

(adjective) characteristic of or belonging to the time or state before the fall of humankind

prelapsarian (en)

(adjective) characteristic of or belonging to the time or state before the fall of humankind

probity (en)

(noun) adherence to the highest principles and ideals; uprightness

protean (en)

(adjective) of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms / (adjective) displaying great diversity or variety; versatile

rictus (en)

(noun) the gape of a bird's mouth / (noun) the mouth orifice / (noun) a gaping grin or grimace

samizdat (en)

the clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe

scabrous (en)

(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid

scabrous (en)

(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid

sententia (en)

a brief moral saying taken from ancient or popular or other sources, often quoted without context; as an adjective, means either given to aphoristic expression, or just referring to an aphoristic expression. or: 'in a way that tries to sound important or intelligent, especially by expressing moral judgements'

skirling (en)

(verb) to emit the high shrill tone of the chanter / (verb) to give forth music / (verb) to play (music) on the bagpipe

sordor (en)

physical or moral sordidness.

stertorous breathing (en)

noisy and labored

stolid (en)

calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation

suzerainty (en)

(noun) the dominion of a suzerain; overlordship (A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independent of the superior state)

sylvan (en)

(noun) one that frequents groves or woods / (adjective) living or located in the woods or forest / (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest / (adjective) made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees / (adjective) abounding in woods, groves, or trees; wooded

traduce (en)

(verb) to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation / (verb) violate betray

traduce (en)

(verb) to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation / (verb) violate betray