philologist
(en)
(noun) the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
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the philologist at his corrupt codex
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the philologist at his corrupt codex
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bilious
(en)
(adjective) of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition, sickeningly unpleasant
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in the wake of bilious textual controversy
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in the wake of bilious textual controversy
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mawkish
(en)
(adjective) having an insipid often unpleasant taste / (adjective) sickly or puerilely sentimental
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mawkish fatuousness
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mawkish fatuousness
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pietistic
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to Pietism / (adjective) of or relating to religious devotion or devout persons / (adjective) marked by overly sentimental or emotional devotion to religion; religiose
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which led to naive pietistic grandiloquence
thought it had something to with piety but not sure what exactly
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which led to naive pietistic grandiloquence
thought it had something to with piety but not sure what exactly
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renascence
(en)
(noun) the revival of something that has been dormant; another term for Renaissance
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The Hitler regime seemed to embody an awesome renascence of the German and Central European genius.
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The Hitler regime seemed to embody an awesome renascence of the German and Central European genius.
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hecatomb
(en)
(in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen OR an extensive loss of life for some cause
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the exactly contemporary hecatombs on the Western front
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the exactly contemporary hecatombs on the Western front
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vide
(en)
(verb imperative) see, consult, refer to
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Mrs. Jimmy Carter (vide her attempt to rebut Solzhenitsyn's tirade at the Harvard commencement)
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Mrs. Jimmy Carter (vide her attempt to rebut Solzhenitsyn's tirade at the Harvard commencement)
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Confiteor
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(noun) a liturgical form in which sinfulness is acknowledged and intercession for God's mercy requested; from Latin ("I confess")
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last word (the only one in the sentence) of the essay
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last word (the only one in the sentence) of the essay
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expatiated
(en)
(verb) to move about freely or at will; wander / (verb) to speak or write at length or in detail
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to this extent Speer admitted--indeed, expatiated on--his guilt
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to this extent Speer admitted--indeed, expatiated on--his guilt
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paterfamilias
(en)
(noun) the male head of a household / (noun) the father of a family / (noun) a man who originates or is a leading figure in something (as a movement, discipline, or enterprise)
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Speer knew Hitler as a "solicitous paterfamilias"
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Speer knew Hitler as a "solicitous paterfamilias"
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