peremptory (en)

(adjective) putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay / (adjective) not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply / (adjective) admitting of no contradiction / (adjective) expressive of urgency or command / (adjective) characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance / (adjective) indicative of a peremptory attitude or nature; haughty / (noun) a challenge (as of a juror) made as of right without assigning any cause

peripety (en)

(noun) a reversal of circumstances, or turning point; Anglicised form of the Greek "peripeteia"

peripety (en)

(noun) a reversal of circumstances, or turning point; Anglicised form of the Greek "peripeteia"

periplus (en)

a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore

petite bourgeoisie (en)

(noun) the lower middle class including especially small shopkeepers and artisans

philter (en)

(noun) a potion credited with magical power / (noun) a potion, drug, or charm held to have the power to arouse sexual passion

physis (en)

a Greek theological, philosophical, and scientific term usually translated into English as "nature".

pleonasm (en)

(noun) the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said); redundancy

potlatch (en)

(noun) a ceremonial feast of the American Indians of the northwest coast marked by the host's lavish distribution of gifts or sometimes destruction of property to demonstrate wealth and generosity with the expectation of eventual reciprocation / (noun) a social event or celebration / (verb) to give (as a gift) especially with the expectation of a gift in return / (verb) to hold or give a potlatch for (as a tribe or group) / (verb) to hold or give a potlatch

probity (en)

(noun) adherence to the highest principles and ideals; uprightness

prolegomenon (en)

(noun) prefatory remarks / (noun) a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work

propitiate (en)

(verb) to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of; appease

proscenium (en)

(noun) the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater / (noun) the part of a modern stage in front of the curtain / (noun) the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium and provides the arch that frames it / (noun) foreground / (noun) foreground

pusillanimity (en)

(noun) the quality or state of being pusillanimous; cowardliness

Racinian (en)

relating to Jean Racine (1639–1699), French dramatist (primarily a tragedian)

rubato (en)

(noun) a fluctuation of tempo within a musical phrase often against a rhythmically steady accompaniment

rugosity (en)

(adjective) full of wrinkles / (adjective) having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between elevated

sacerdotal (en)

(adjective) of or relating to priests or a priesthood; priestly / (adjective) of, relating to, or suggesting sacerdotalism

Saussurean (en)

pertaining to or characteristic of the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially the view that a language consists of a network of interrelated elements in contrast

scission (en)

(noun) a division or split in a group or union; schism / (noun) an action or process of cutting, dividing, or splitting; the state of being cut, divided, or split

sectile (en)

(adjective) capable of being severed by a knife with a smooth cut

semioclasm (en)

"sign breaking" or the defiling of the sacred status of signs (a term defined by Roland Barthes)

sopitive (fr)

calming?

syncretism (en)

the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion

talion (en)

(from the Latin talio) a retaliation authorized by law, in which the punishment corresponds in kind and degree to the injury (eye for an eye)