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Saturday, February 24, 2024

In other words, vertiginous abschriften

  • abschriften. noun. (from the German) Manuscripts, copies.
  • anodyne, noun. A medicine that relieves or allays pain; anything that relieves distress or pain.
  • arriviste, noun. A person who has recently attained high position or great power but not general acceptance or respect; an upstart; a social climber; a bounder.
  • boustrophedon, noun. An ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right.
  • brannigan, noun. A noisy quarrel or squabble, especially one associated with drunkenness.
  • Digrammaton, noun. A Hebrew word for God, consisting of the two letters jod (yod) and he, translated as JAH in Psalm 68:4.
  • ecosexual, noun. A person that finds nature romantic, sensual, and sexy.
  • fropa, noun. (Meteorology) An acronym (and formerly an aviation weather communications code word) for frontal passage, which is the passage of a front over a point on the earth’s surface.
  • hauteur, noun. Haughty manner or spirit; arrogance.
  • incredulous, adjective. Not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; 
  • indicating or showing unbelief.
  • indie, noun. An independently or privately owned business.
  • kenspeckle, adjective. (Scotland and North England) Conspicuous; easily seen or recognized.
  • multifarious, adjective. Having or occurring in great variety; diverse.
  • patronymic, adjective. Of, relating to, or derived from the name of one’s father or a paternal ancestor.
  • pshaw, interjection. Used to indicate impatience, irritation, disapproval, or disbelief.
  • pulchritudinous, adjective. Having great physical beauty.
  • punter, noun. (chiefly British) A person who gambles; customer, patron.
  • shrive, verb. To impose penance on; to grant absolution to; to hear the confession of; to make confession, confess one’s sins.
  • stereopticon, noun. A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views.
  • tactic, noun. A device for accomplishing an end; a method of employing forces in combat.
  • Tetragrammaton, noun. A Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters jod (yod), he, vav (waw), and he, transliterated consonantally as JHVH or YHWH.
  • transmogrify, verb. To change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • vertiginous, adjective. Whirling; spinning; affected with vertigo; dizzy.

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