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lucubratory
(en)
Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking / a piece of writing, typically a pedantic or overelaborate one
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(I initially noticed this reversal in our cheval glass reflection—her lucubratory loft was otherwise bare).
weird!
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4 years, 2 months ago
(I initially noticed this reversal in our cheval glass reflection—her lucubratory loft was otherwise bare).
weird!
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4 years, 2 months ago
adumbrate
(en)
report or represent in outline; foreshadow or symbolize
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A whiff of brine, a swank trestle adumbrant, Loading Only No Standing, 14th & 10th—this was Tetration’s NY HQ.
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A whiff of brine, a swank trestle adumbrant, Loading Only No Standing, 14th & 10th—this was Tetration’s NY HQ.
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autochthonous
(en)
(adjective) indigenous native / (adjective) formed or originating in the place where found
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We got sommeliered by a guy with a cowbelling tastevin. Finn went white, I went red, both of new autochthonous vintage
(reference to earlier when he's asked if he prefers to eat within the zip code)
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4 years, 2 months ago
We got sommeliered by a guy with a cowbelling tastevin. Finn went white, I went red, both of new autochthonous vintage
(reference to earlier when he's asked if he prefers to eat within the zip code)
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4 years, 2 months ago
dimidiate
(en)
(of a coat of arms or charge) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible. (verb) halve or reduce to the half
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It was a spit of beach along a salina bayscape. A dimidiate moon, and stars falling darkly pacific.
so like half moon? lol
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4 years, 2 months ago
It was a spit of beach along a salina bayscape. A dimidiate moon, and stars falling darkly pacific.
so like half moon? lol
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4 years, 2 months ago
alterity
(en)
(noun) otherness / (noun) the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation
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I opened a window—not a real actual window, rather an otherness or alterity—a sill for my filth.
oh boy
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4 years, 2 months ago
I opened a window—not a real actual window, rather an otherness or alterity—a sill for my filth.
oh boy
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4 years, 2 months ago
fuscous
(en)
(adjective) of any of several colors averaging a brownish gray / dark and somber in color (literary term)
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The doorcom monitor showed only a fuscously cloaked dessert cart.
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4 years, 2 months ago
The doorcom monitor showed only a fuscously cloaked dessert cart.
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4 years, 2 months ago
propitiate
(en)
(verb) to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of; appease
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The Indian, who prayed there daily, was propitiated.
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The Indian, who prayed there daily, was propitiated.
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4 years, 2 months ago
coadunate
(en)
Closely joined; grown together; united
248
establish another competing remote lab to coadunate proprietary specs
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4 years, 2 months ago
establish another competing remote lab to coadunate proprietary specs
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4 years, 2 months ago
nulliparous
(en)
(adjective) of, relating to, or being a female that has not borne offspring
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a nulliparous uncle and aunt in Fresno
strange
4 years, 2 months ago
a nulliparous uncle and aunt in Fresno
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4 years, 2 months ago
otiose
(en)
(adjective) producing no useful result; futile / (adjective) being at leisure; idle / (adjective) lacking use or effect; functionless
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To the West Beta justifies mess, excess, otiosity, sloth, and only the East understands it for what it is, the basic prime condition.
thought it meant smelly lol
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4 years, 2 months ago
To the West Beta justifies mess, excess, otiosity, sloth, and only the East understands it for what it is, the basic prime condition.
thought it meant smelly lol
confirm
4 years, 2 months ago