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Katie Roiphe
rarefied
(en)
(adjective) being less dense / (adjective) of, relating to, or interesting to a select group; esoteric / (adjective) very high / (verb) to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand without the addition of matter / (verb) to make more spiritual, refined, or abstruse / (verb) to become less dense
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the rarefied, lonely demographic of woman too successful for love
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the rarefied, lonely demographic of woman too successful for love
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virago
(en)
a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman
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the image of her as cold, inhuman, a virago, a phony
on Hillary Clinton
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the image of her as cold, inhuman, a virago, a phony
on Hillary Clinton
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bombast
(en)
(noun) pretentious inflated speech or writing
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This may sound more bombastic than I mean to be.
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This may sound more bombastic than I mean to be.
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florid
(en)
(adjective) very flowery in style; ornate / tinged with red; ruddy / marked by emotional or sexual fervor / elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated
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This is the kind of story we are talking about, and they are too numerous and too florid to fit here.
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This is the kind of story we are talking about, and they are too numerous and too florid to fit here.
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