(adjective) of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition, sickeningly unpleasant
Whew, the day certainly had a funny colour to it – a harp light, but livid, bilious, as if some knot of eco-scuzz still lingered in its lungs
Whew, the day certainly had a funny colour to it – a harp light, but livid, bilious, as if some knot of eco-scuzz still lingered in its lungs
(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid
which they were billed to do in the scabrous hate-sheet tacked to the door
which they were billed to do in the scabrous hate-sheet tacked to the door
(noun) one that frequents groves or woods / (adjective) living or located in the woods or forest / (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest / (adjective) made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees / (adjective) abounding in woods, groves, or trees; wooded
In the next booth along I caught a quarter’s worth of film with a sylvan setting: the romantic interest of the piece focused on the love that flowers between a girl and a donkey
In the next booth along I caught a quarter’s worth of film with a sylvan setting: the romantic interest of the piece focused on the love that flowers between a girl and a donkey
disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way
‘I knew it would be you,’ she said, with urgent, husky restraint in her low louche voice.
‘I knew it would be you,’ she said, with urgent, husky restraint in her low louche voice.
loud, reverberating, and often melancholy
I was still brimming with plangency, chockful of feeling
I was still brimming with plangency, chockful of feeling
(adjective) characterized by abundance; copious / (adjective) generous in amount, extent, or spirit / (adjective) being full and well developed / (adjective) aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive / (adjective) exceeding the bounds of good taste; overdone / (adjective) excessively complimentary or flattering; effusive
she’s blessed up top too, though perhaps not as fulsomely as I imagined
she’s blessed up top too, though perhaps not as fulsomely as I imagined
(adjective) invested with full power / (adjective) of or relating to a plenipotentiary / (noun) a person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business / (noun) a diplomatic agent ranking below an ambassador but possessing full power and authority
The adult movie was a period piece and more thoughtfully plotted than usual, all about a black plenipotentiary (Ottoman? Carthaginian?) and the appetites of his talented wife
The adult movie was a period piece and more thoughtfully plotted than usual, all about a black plenipotentiary (Ottoman? Carthaginian?) and the appetites of his talented wife
(noun) sustained and bitter railing and condemnation; vituperative utterance / (noun) an act or instance of vituperating
You have to queue, and pay good money, to mingle with vituperative interpreters and flashlight-faced Japanese
You have to queue, and pay good money, to mingle with vituperative interpreters and flashlight-faced Japanese
(noun; historical; law) the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony; (literary) Harold Bloom's term for when strong writers misinterpret their literary predecessors so as to clear imaginative space for themselves
they have what men call self-belief and blame you for your misprisions in their dreams
they have what men call self-belief and blame you for your misprisions in their dreams
(adjective or adverb) having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward / (adjective or adverb) set in a bent position
Martina stood silent on the terrace, in T-shirt and useful shorts, one arm akimbo as she trained her hose
Martina stood silent on the terrace, in T-shirt and useful shorts, one arm akimbo as she trained her hose