scrim
(en)
(noun) a durable plain-woven usually cotton fabric for use in clothing, curtains, building, and industry / (noun) a theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted / (noun) something likened to a theater scrim
365
But he gets so desperate with them, moving behind their scrims of European pain
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1 year, 11 months ago
But he gets so desperate with them, moving behind their scrims of European pain
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1 year, 11 months ago
nacreous
(en)
(adjective) possessing the qualities of, consisting of, or abounding in nacre / (adjective) iridescent
479
lit by that same nacreous wrinkling the films use to suggest rain out a window
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1 year, 11 months ago
lit by that same nacreous wrinkling the films use to suggest rain out a window
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1 year, 11 months ago
oneiric
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy
483
preterite
(en)
(adjective) bygone former / (noun) past tense
566
tessitura
(en)
(noun) the general range of a melody or voice part / (noun) the part of the register in which most of the tones of a melody or voice part lie
588
Whatever it was the real visionaries were picking up out of the hard tessitura of those days and city streets
whoa
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1 year, 11 months ago
Whatever it was the real visionaries were picking up out of the hard tessitura of those days and city streets
whoa
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1 year, 11 months ago
clonic
(en)
(noun) a rapid succession of alternating contractions and partial relaxations of a muscle occurring in some nervous diseases
594
the poor spherical soul against the solenoid thrashing, clonic, horrible
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1 year, 11 months ago
the poor spherical soul against the solenoid thrashing, clonic, horrible
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1 year, 11 months ago
lambent
(en)
(adjective) playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering / (adjective) softly bright or radiant / (adjective) marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression
595
wondered then how eyes of men could grow so lambent, sinister, so educated among the halls of dread and the invisible
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1 year, 11 months ago
wondered then how eyes of men could grow so lambent, sinister, so educated among the halls of dread and the invisible
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1 year, 11 months ago
fulminate
(en)
(verb) to utter or send out with denunciation / (verb) to send forth censures or invectives / (verb) express vehement protest
615
pissing on some long-ago third rail and fulminated to charcoal
strange
1 year, 11 months ago
pissing on some long-ago third rail and fulminated to charcoal
strange
1 year, 11 months ago
abreaction
(en)
(noun) the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist
661
In their innocence, the Baby Bulbs don't know what to make of this roach's abreaction
strange
1 year, 11 months ago
In their innocence, the Baby Bulbs don't know what to make of this roach's abreaction
strange
1 year, 11 months ago
velleity
(en)
(noun) the lowest degree of volition / (noun) a slight wish or tendency; inclination
715
out of the moment's velleity, lay it right out for the young fool
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1 year, 11 months ago
out of the moment's velleity, lay it right out for the young fool
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1 year, 11 months ago