virago
(en)
a domineering, violent, or bad-tempered woman
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she turns virago and calls him ugly names
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she turns virago and calls him ugly names
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redolent
(en)
strongly reminiscent or suggestive of
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this author quotes at the beginning of her book a saying which, redolent as it is of Western sociological mumbo-jumbo, nevertheless contains a profound verity
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this author quotes at the beginning of her book a saying which, redolent as it is of Western sociological mumbo-jumbo, nevertheless contains a profound verity
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paterfamilias
(en)
(noun) the male head of a household / (noun) the father of a family / (noun) a man who originates or is a leading figure in something (as a movement, discipline, or enterprise)
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He is a man of about forty, Jewish, American, pleasant-looking, a bit of a paterfamilias.
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He is a man of about forty, Jewish, American, pleasant-looking, a bit of a paterfamilias.
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meretricious
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to a prostitute; having the nature of prostitution / (adjective) tawdrily and falsely attractive / (adjective) superficially significant; pretentious
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'Meretricious. That's the word I'd use, if asked.'
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'Meretricious. That's the word I'd use, if asked.'
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