annulation (en)

referring to a ringlike anatomical structure

anon (en)

soon; shortly

anon (en)

soon; shortly

benumbed (en)

deprived of physical or emotional feeling

brio (en)

(noun) brilliance, panache, quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

bulwark (en)

(noun) defensive wall

Calvinism (en)

a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin

catechism (en)

a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians

clinamen (en)

poetic misreading or misprision

coterie (en)

(noun) an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose

ekphrasis (en)

a rhetorical term originally taught to Greek students as a way of bringing the experience of an object to a listener or reader through highly detailed descriptive writing

gnomic (en)

expressed in or of the nature of short, pithy maxims or aphorisms

Hebraic (en)

of Hebrew or the Hebrews

hermetic (en)

(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight

heterodox (en)

unorthodox

heteroglossia (en)

the presence of multiple voices or expressed viewpoints in a text or other artistic work.

indelibly (en)

in a way that cannot be removed or forgotten

Kern unseres Wesen (de)

"nucleus of our being"; from Freudian psychology

Klieg light (en)

an intense carbon arc lamp especially used in filmmaking

lepidoptery (en)

the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths

limn (en)

(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light

logocentric (en)

referent-based signification; truth-centric

meta-ironic (en)

awareness of irony

metempsychosis (en)

the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species

obverse (en)

the opposite or counterpart of a fact or truth; the side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design