the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
a literal reverence for objects depicted in art with a neglect for the spirit of art
destructive; pernicious
(an English word, derived from Middle French) a fellow member of a profession
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light; having lost vigour or substance; feeble
kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers, consisting chiefly of non-political news and gossip, literature and art criticism, a chronicle of the latest fashions, and epigrams, charades and other literary trifles
(pejorative, often metaphorical) having a cleft lip
an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)
disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way
funeral rites