chiaroscuro
(it)
(noun, Italian for light and dark) an oil painting technique developed during the Renaissance that uses strong tonal contrasts between light and dark to model three-dimensional forms
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The heavens, that best chiaroscuro, are color-blind
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The heavens, that best chiaroscuro, are color-blind
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sedulous
(en)
(adjective) involving or accomplished with careful perseverance / (adjective) diligent in application or pursuit
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From the kind of sedulous bibliomaniacal research to be expected of conscientious lawyers
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From the kind of sedulous bibliomaniacal research to be expected of conscientious lawyers
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prenominate
(en)
(adjective) previously mentioned / (verb) to mention previously
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The prenominate quotations and assessments may seem harsh, unsympathetic.
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The prenominate quotations and assessments may seem harsh, unsympathetic.
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baling
(en)
(verb) to make up into a bale
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front-porch minor fifths off baling wire
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front-porch minor fifths off baling wire
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syncopated
(en)
(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation
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epiclesis
(en)
the part of the Eucharistic prayer in which the presence of the Holy Spirit is invoked to bless the elements or the communicants.
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temblor
(en)
(noun) earthquake / (verb) to shake involuntarily (as with fear or cold); shiver / (verb) to move, sound, pass, or come to pass as if shaken or tremulous / (verb) to be affected with great fear or anxiety
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more like temblor, epiclesis, prophecy;
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more like temblor, epiclesis, prophecy;
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bregma
(en)
(noun) the point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull
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at the distinctively pop-cultural bregma
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at the distinctively pop-cultural bregma
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penumbra
(en)
the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
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a cultural explosion whose penumbra leaks out
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a cultural explosion whose penumbra leaks out
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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
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And but you can feel this false 'perspective,' these lambent, tourist-bringing-his-own-water attitudes Elvis got boycotted in the 50s for promoting lewdness and negritude.
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And but you can feel this false 'perspective,' these lambent, tourist-bringing-his-own-water attitudes Elvis got boycotted in the 50s for promoting lewdness and negritude.
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