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Karen Green
abluvion
(en)
(noun, obsolete, rare) that which is washed off.
11
airling
(en)
(obsolete) A thoughtless, light-hearted person.
11
acedia
(en)
(Greek) spiritual or mental sloth; apathy; a state of listlessness or torpor
52
Prescription for acedia:
forgot what it meant already
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago
Prescription for acedia:
forgot what it meant already
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago
ablutions
(en)
(noun) the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) / (noun) the act or action of bathing / (noun) a building housing bathing and toilet facilities on a military base
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The jazz lady performs her ablutions.
I've definitely seen this word before but totally spaced on the meaning (I guessed "rituals")
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago
The jazz lady performs her ablutions.
I've definitely seen this word before but totally spaced on the meaning (I guessed "rituals")
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago
sestina
(en)
(noun) a lyrical fixed form consisting of six 6-line usually unrhymed stanzas in which the end words of the first stanza recur as end words of the following five stanzas in a successively rotating order and as the middle and end words of the three verses of the concluding tercet
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I write her a sestina in my head.
figured it was a type of poem
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago
I write her a sestina in my head.
figured it was a type of poem
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago
prescinds
(en)
(verb) to withdraw one's attention / to detach for purposes of thought / leave out of consideration
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Keeping her secret prescinds love, but sometimes she loves so hard.
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago
Keeping her secret prescinds love, but sometimes she loves so hard.
uncertain
7 years, 6 months ago