leitmotif (en)

a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation

leximancical (en)

neologism? lexical + necromancical?

liebestod (de)

(literary term) erotic death or "love death" meaning the two lovers' consummation of their love in death or after death

limn (en)

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

limn (en)

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

limpid (en)

(adjective) marked by transparency; pellucid / (adjective) clear and simple in style / (adjective) absolutely serene and untroubled

lisle (en)

a kind of lacy fabric

locution (en)

(noun) a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing / (noun) a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level / (noun) style of discourse; phraseology

logorrhoea (en)

a tendency to extreme loquacity

lugubrious (en)

(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal

luxated (en)

dislocated

manse (en)

the house occupied by a minister of a Presbyterian church OR an informal way of referring to someone's house

maundering (en)

rambling OR meandering

mealy (en)

covered with meal or with fine granules

mediated (en)

intervened with, through an intermediary

mendacity (en)

untruthfulness

miasma (en)

a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor

mien (en)

(noun) air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality; demeanor / (noun) appearance aspect

mimetic (en)

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

misprision (en)

(noun; historical; law) the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony; (literary) Harold Bloom's term for when strong writers misinterpret their literary predecessors so as to clear imaginative space for themselves

misprision (en)

(noun; historical; law) the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony; (literary) Harold Bloom's term for when strong writers misinterpret their literary predecessors so as to clear imaginative space for themselves

monad (en)

(noun) an elementary individual substance which reflects the order of the world and from which material properties are derived (coined by Leibniz)

mythopoeum (en)

(noun) relating to mythopoeia: the making of a myth or myths

nacreous (en)

(adjective) possessing the qualities of, consisting of, or abounding in nacre / (adjective) iridescent

negritude (en)

(noun) a consciousness of and pride in the cultural and physical aspects of the African heritage / (noun) the state or condition of being black