helots
(en)
a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta (in Ancient Greece)
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imprecate
(en)
(verb) to invoke evil on; curse / (verb) to utter curses
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interstice
(en)
(noun) an intervening space
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There is scarcely any living memory of boredom. This is why it can superimpose itself on all kinds of activities, even exciting ones, since it lives in the interstices.
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There is scarcely any living memory of boredom. This is why it can superimpose itself on all kinds of activities, even exciting ones, since it lives in the interstices.
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prurient
(en)
(adj) having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
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revealing a prurient urge to search people out
about a detective show lol
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revealing a prurient urge to search people out
about a detective show lol
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chiasmus
(en)
(noun) a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. ‘Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.’.
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the word 'inexorable' is itself inexorable [...] by the rainbow sweep of vowels which, in its cadence, describes an implacable curve--each syllable peels off irrevocably, culminating in the chiasmus of the 'X'
omg
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the word 'inexorable' is itself inexorable [...] by the rainbow sweep of vowels which, in its cadence, describes an implacable curve--each syllable peels off irrevocably, culminating in the chiasmus of the 'X'
omg
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anamorphic
(en)
(adjective) producing, relating to, or marked by intentional distortion (as by unequal magnification along perpendicular axes) of an image
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anamorphosis and anagram of all the fragments
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anamorphosis and anagram of all the fragments
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apophatic
(en)
(adj, theology) (of knowledge of God) obtained through negating concepts that might be applied to him
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Apophatic is the term applied to a theology which seeks knowledge of God through what he is not rather than through what he is. A kind of negative theology.
(he says next) can also apply the concept to history, reading
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Apophatic is the term applied to a theology which seeks knowledge of God through what he is not rather than through what he is. A kind of negative theology.
(he says next) can also apply the concept to history, reading
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telluric
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to the earth; terrestrial / (adjective) being or relating to a usually natural electric current flowing near the earth's surface
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clinamen
(en)
poetic misreading or misprision
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dehiscence
(en)
(noun) when a seed vessel or a wound gapes or bursts open
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if the difference is weak, that is because the dehiscence is nil
I think this fragment is deliberately meant to be nonsense but who knows
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if the difference is weak, that is because the dehiscence is nil
I think this fragment is deliberately meant to be nonsense but who knows
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