Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

Source code on GitHub (MIT license).

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(adjective) empyreal / (noun) the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light / (noun) the true and ultimate heavenly paradise / (noun) firmament heavens / (noun) an ideal place or state

calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation

(noun) a state of equilibrium / (noun) counterbalance / (verb) to serve as an equipoise to / (verb) to put or hold in equipoise

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow flat against a support (as a wall) / (noun) a railing or trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat / (verb) to train as an espalier / (verb) to furnish with an espalier

(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light; having lost vigour or substance; feeble

difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome

(noun) a brief moment of emotional excitement; shudder thrill

to bend the knee; to be humbly obedient or respectful

a French experimental novelist; many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play

(noun) twilight; dusk

relating to the writing of the lives of saints; (derogatory) adulatory writing about another person

the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts

(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight

arranged (scales, sepals, plates, etc.) so that they overlap like roof tiles

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

in a way that cannot be removed or forgotten

(adjective) incapable of being expressed in words; indescribable / (adjective) unspeakable / (adjective) not to be uttered; taboo

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

(adj) hostile, obstructive

among other things

(adjective) marked by slaughter; deadly / (adjective) mutually destructive / (adjective) of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group

(noun) an intervening space

complicated; abstruse; curled inwards