- amaretto, noun. An Italian liqueur with a slightly bitter almond flavor.
- amoretto, noun. A love poem or love song; esp. a love sonnet.
- contextomy, noun. The practice of misquoting someone by shortening the quotation or by leaving out surrounding words or sentences that would place the quotation in context.
- dark thirty, noun. A period of time occurring before dawn; an unspecified hour in the very early morning.
- drooking, noun. (Scottish and Irish English) A drenching, a soaking.
- fictive, adjective. Fictitious; imaginary.
- illicit, adjective. Not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful; disapproved of for moral or ethical reasons (opposite of licit).
- impassability, noun. The state or quality of being impassable (i.e., incapable of being passed; not passable; not allowing passage over, through, etc.).
- impassibility, noun. The Christian doctrine that God does not experience emotional changes either from within himself or effected by his relationship to creation.
- impossibility, noun. The fact, condition, or quality of being impossible.
- impostor, noun. A person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- imposture, noun. The action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- licit, adjective. Legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible (opposite of illicit).
- rhetor, noun. A master or teacher of rhetoric; an orator.
- ligature, noun. A printed or written character (such as æ) consisting of two or more letters or characters joined together.
- staurogram, noun. A written cross (Gk. σταυρος + γραμμα); specifically a ligature composed of a superposition of the Greek capital letters tau (Τ) and rho (Ρ) – (⳨).
- vorlage, noun. a prior version or manifestation of a text under consideration (can also refer to a position assumed by a skier).
- want, noun. The state of being without the necessaries of life; destitution; the state of being without something desired or needed.
- wont, noun. One’s customary behavior in a particular situation; custom; habit.
“Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein.” Caveat lector
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