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an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

(adjective) playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering / (adjective) softly bright or radiant / (adjective) marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

(adjective) playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering / (adjective) softly bright or radiant / (adjective) marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

(adjective) playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering / (adjective) softly bright or radiant / (adjective) marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

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

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

intervened with, through an intermediary

imitation, especially imitative representation of the real world in art and literature

(adjective) deficient in color; wan / (adjective) lacking sparkle or liveliness; dull

translucently clear

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object

traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods

traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods

in Aristotle's definition of rhetoric: the means of persuasion, divided between the atechnic (inartistic) and entechnic (artistic)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel

(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation

the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion

(noun) a change or variation occurring in the course of something; successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs