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The Paris Review
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laconic
(en)
(adjective) using or involving the use of a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
4
He knows what the man is thinking, the laconic pansy, a puff out for a joy ride
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4 years, 6 months ago
He knows what the man is thinking, the laconic pansy, a puff out for a joy ride
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4 years, 6 months ago
torpid
(en)
mentally or physically inactive; lethargic
5
spend his time lying on beds, on chaise lounges and analysts’ couches, torpid and engorged, like a boa that has just swallowed a small rat
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spend his time lying on beds, on chaise lounges and analysts’ couches, torpid and engorged, like a boa that has just swallowed a small rat
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4 years, 6 months ago
supercilious
(en)
(adjective) coolly and patronizingly haughty
17
His “area of specialty,” as he called it in a supercilious tone, was wolves
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His “area of specialty,” as he called it in a supercilious tone, was wolves
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4 years, 6 months ago
fatuous
(en)
(adjective) complacently or inanely foolish; silly
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who asked me, with a fatuous (though unreturned) grin
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who asked me, with a fatuous (though unreturned) grin
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4 years, 6 months ago
charnel
(en)
(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited
164
a grave robber, weary, exhausted, reaching down into some charnel mass
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a grave robber, weary, exhausted, reaching down into some charnel mass
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myrmidon
(en)
(noun) a member of a legendary Thessalian people who accompanied their king Achilles in the Trojan War / (noun) a loyal follower / (noun) a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously
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The myrmidons of the IRS has immense resources
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The myrmidons of the IRS has immense resources
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