amanuensis (en)

(noun) one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript

anacreontic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or resembling the poetry of Anacreon / (adjective) convivial or amatory in tone or theme / (noun) a poem in the manner of Anacreon / (noun) a drinking song or light lyric

apophatic (en)

(adj, theology) (of knowledge of God) obtained through negating concepts that might be applied to him

calliope (en)

(noun) the Greek Muse of heroic poetry / (noun) a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air

cantilever (en)

(noun) ; a projecting beam or member supported at only one end / a bracket-shaped member supporting a balcony or a cornice / either of the two beams or trusses that project from piers toward each other and that when joined directly or by a suspended connecting member form a span of a cantilever bridge

catechism (en)

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

coeval (en)

(adjective) of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration

coeval (en)

(adjective) of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration

coeval (en)

(adjective) of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration

coterminous (en)

(adjective) having the same or coincident boundaries / (adjective) coextensive in scope or duration

dimidiate (en)

(of a coat of arms or charge) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible. (verb) halve or reduce to the half

divagation (en)

(verb) to wander or stray from a course or subject; diverge digress

empyrean (en)

(adjective) empyreal / (noun) the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light / (noun) the true and ultimate heavenly paradise / (noun) firmament heavens / (noun) an ideal place or state

entr'acte (en)

an interval between two acts of a play or opera

exegesis (en)

(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text

feuilleton (fr)

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

inveigle (en)

(verb) to win over by wiles; entice / (verb) to acquire by ingenuity or flattery; wangle

Kabbalah (en)

the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible; as an adjective, refers to something secretive or mysterious

lacuna (en)

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

linden (en)

a kind of deciduous tree

logorrhoea (en)

a tendency to extreme loquacity

Manichaeism (en)

an ancient religious movement that has to do with duality? "an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness"

metonymy (en)

(noun) a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated (as “crown” in “lands belonging to the crown”)

nostrum (en)

a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective; a scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement

oneiric (en)

(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy