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(verb) to recite the prescribed prayers in a Jewish liturgy

268

Irish people are not known for silently davening, but March sits for a short while appearing to.

i feel kinda dumb for not knowing this word

—p.268 by Thomas Pynchon
unknown
4 years, 4 months ago

Irish people are not known for silently davening, but March sits for a short while appearing to.

i feel kinda dumb for not knowing this word

—p.268 by Thomas Pynchon
unknown
4 years, 4 months ago

(noun) an embellishing note or tone preceding an essential melodic note or tone and usually written as a note of smaller size

329

so many bleak appoggiaturas for what was about to happen

didnt realise it was a music term

—p.329 by Thomas Pynchon
unknown
4 years, 4 months ago

so many bleak appoggiaturas for what was about to happen

didnt realise it was a music term

—p.329 by Thomas Pynchon
unknown
4 years, 4 months ago

(adjective) very satisfactory

336

Copacetic, far ’s I know, why?”

it doesnt feel right but i guessed it correctly this time

—p.336 by Thomas Pynchon
notable
4 years, 4 months ago

Copacetic, far ’s I know, why?”

it doesnt feel right but i guessed it correctly this time

—p.336 by Thomas Pynchon
notable
4 years, 4 months ago

(noun) a group of notes or tones sung on one syllable in plainsong / (noun) melodic embellishment / (noun) cadenza

403

She pauses in the uneasy melismas of desert wind.

oooh pretty

—p.403 by Thomas Pynchon
uncertain
4 years, 4 months ago

She pauses in the uneasy melismas of desert wind.

oooh pretty

—p.403 by Thomas Pynchon
uncertain
4 years, 4 months ago

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