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Saturday, December 03, 2022

In other words, asymptomatic asymptote

  • asymptomatic, adjective. Of a disease presenting no symptoms or evidence of illness or abnormality; of a person with a disease experiencing no symptoms or evidence of illness or abnormality.
  • asymptotic, adjective. Of or relating to an asymptote; (of a formula) becoming increasingly exact as a variable approaches a limit, usually infinity.
  • beclown, verb. To make a complete idiot of oneself in public; make a fool of oneself.
  • chatter, noun. Purposeless or foolish talk.
  • didicoy, noun. (in Britain ) A gypsy or traveller, especially one of a group of caravan-dwelling roadside people who is not Romani or is not full-blooded Romani.
  • durst, verb. Past tense of dare.
  • feckless, adjective. Ineffective; incompetent; futile; having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
  • imbecilic, adjective. Like or as an imbecile; contemptibly laughable; absurd; foolish; stupid; idiotic.
  • intercessory, adjective. Having the function of interceding.
  • larder, noun. A room or large cupboard in a house, usually near the kitchen, in which food is kept (chiefly British).
  • loquacious, adjective. Talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; characterized by excessive talk; wordy.
  • minced oath, noun. An euphemism or word used for politeness to avoid swearing when expressing surprise or annoyance.
  • momager, noun. A manager who is also one’s mother; a parent who pushes a child or children into show business.
  • Neapolitan, adjective. Ice cream composed of three different flavors packaged together side by side.
  • Neapolitan, noun. A native or inhabitant of Naples, Italy.
  • necropolitan, adjective. Of or belonging to a necropolis, or cemetery; also, generally, that which suggests or is concerned with death or dying; mournful, funereal.
  • po-faced, adjective. (British) Having an assumed solemn, serious, or earnest expression or manner; piously or hypocritically solemn.
  • proem, noun. Preliminary comment; introduction; preface.
  • proemial, adjective. Introductory, prefatory; having the character of a proem.
  • pusillanimous, adjective. Lacking courage; cowardly; faint-hearted.
  • quaternion, noun. (rare) A set of four people or things.
  • saucered, adjective. Of a hot drink (esp. tea or coffee) poured into a saucer in order to cool more quickly.
  • sauteed
  • spiration, noun. A breathing; (in Christian theology) the act by or manner in which the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father or from the Father and the Son.

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