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Saturday, April 27, 2024

In other words, ubiquitous carapace

  • carapace, noun. A hard layer that covers and protects animals such as crabs and turtles.
  • chaplet, noun. A garland or wreath for a person’s head.
  • charnel house, noun. A building or vault in which human skeletal remains are kept.
  • collywobbles, noun. Pain in the stomach or bowels; belly-ache.
  • doolally, adjective. Out of one’s mind, insane, mad, or eccentric.
  • effete, adjective. Lacking in wholesome vigor, degenerate, decadent; exhausted of vigor or energy, worn out.
  • hawker, noun. One who sells goods aggressively, especially by calling out.
  • iconoclast, noun. One who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration.
  • iconodule, noun. One who venerates icons and defends their devotional use.
  • jejune, adjective. Without interest or significance; dull; immature; childish.
  • jingoism, noun. A bellicose nationalism characterized especially by an aggressive foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism.
  • libel, noun. A written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression.
  • mendacity, noun. The act of not telling the truth.
  • monocle, noun. A type of corrective lens or eyeglass for only one eye.
  • obelus, noun. A symbol such as − or ÷ or ⁒ used in ancient manuscripts to mark a questionable passage.
  • pariah, noun. An outcast; any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided.
  • pluviometer, noun. An instrument to collect and measure the quantity of precipitation (esp. rain; also rain-gauge).
  • prurience, noun. The quality or state of being marked by immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire.
  • pince-nez, noun. A style of eyeglasses clipped to the nose by a spring (from the French, meaning to pinch the nose).
  • quern, noun. A primitive hand-turned grain mill; a simple device for grinding grain between two heavy stones.
  • sinophile, noun. Someone with an interest in and/or who enjoys Chinese culture, language, history, or people.
  • slander, noun. Oral communication of false and malicious statements that damage the reputation of another; a false and malicious statement or report about someone.
  • soupçon, noun. (from French) A small amount, slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.
  • thereupon, adverb. Concerning that matter; upon that; directly following that; forthwith; n consequence of that.
  • ubiquitous, adjective. Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent.

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