by
Jeffrey Eugenides
(editor)
lugubrious
(en)
(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal
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As the subject had grown lugubrious it was buried in a silence of the table during which Mrs Malins could be heard saying to her neighbour in an indistinct undertone:
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As the subject had grown lugubrious it was buried in a silence of the table during which Mrs Malins could be heard saying to her neighbour in an indistinct undertone:
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sylvan
(en)
(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
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One rarely recalled Margaret’s early, sylvan loveliness
huh. weird
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One rarely recalled Margaret’s early, sylvan loveliness
huh. weird
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nacreous
(en)
(adjective) possessing the qualities of, consisting of, or abounding in nacre / (adjective) iridescent
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The nacreous layers that formed around the events in one's history to smoothe, distinguish, and beautify them
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The nacreous layers that formed around the events in one's history to smoothe, distinguish, and beautify them
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supernumerary
(en)
(adjective) exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number / (adjective) not enumerated among the regular components of a group and especially of a military organization / (adjective) exceeding what is necessary, required, or desired / (adjective) more numerous / (noun) a supernumerary person or thing / (noun) an actor employed to play a walk-on
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She had a great desire not to trouble or be troubled by supernumeraries and strangers.
like extras i guess?
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She had a great desire not to trouble or be troubled by supernumeraries and strangers.
like extras i guess?
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plangent
(en)
loud, reverberating, and often melancholy
514
contrapuntal
(en)
of or in counterpoint
515
Her willed softness, her inner seriousness or earnestness, her strength, her beauty, muted and careful now in her anxiety not to lose me yet, made the pleasure of being with her noble, contrapuntal, and difficult in that one had to live up to it and understand it and protect it
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Her willed softness, her inner seriousness or earnestness, her strength, her beauty, muted and careful now in her anxiety not to lose me yet, made the pleasure of being with her noble, contrapuntal, and difficult in that one had to live up to it and understand it and protect it
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frippery
(en)
(noun) showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language
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I’d screwed without any fripperies, coolly, in order to leave in us a large residue of sexual restlessness but with the burr of immediate physical restlessness in me removed
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I’d screwed without any fripperies, coolly, in order to leave in us a large residue of sexual restlessness but with the burr of immediate physical restlessness in me removed
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chary
(en)
(adjective) dear treasured / (adjective) ; discreetly cautious; as / (adjective) hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks / (adjective) slow to grant, accept, or expend
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The pain made me chary and prevented me from being excited except in an abstract way
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The pain made me chary and prevented me from being excited except in an abstract way
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