noun
- the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (such as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist
[Always Coming Home — Ursula K. Le Guin]
Lexicon
trans. verb
- formal : to abolish by authoritative action : ANNUL abrogate a treaty
- formal : to treat as nonexistent : to fail to do what is required by (something, such as a responsibility) The company’s directors are accused of abrogating their responsibilities.
- formal : to suppress or prevent (a biological function or process and especially an immune response
[Beowulf — Trans. Maria Dahvana Headley]
adjective
ORNITHOLOGY
adjective: accipitrine
- relating to birds of a family that includes most diurnal birds of prey other than falcons, New World vultures, and the osprey.
[H is for Hawk — Helen Macdonald]
noun (literary)
spiritual or mental sloth; apathy.
(n.b. “ennui is sometimes thought of as a modern variant”)
[L.M. Sacasas, in an installment of The Convivial Society]
adj.
- sharp tasting; sour.
- (of a person’s remark or tone) bitter; cutting
[Solaris — Stanisław Lem]
ad·um·brate | \ ˈa-dəm-ˌbrāt , a-ˈdəm-
adumbrated; adumbrating
1: to foreshadow vaguely : INTIMATE the social unrest that adumbrated the French Revolution
2: to suggest, disclose, or outline partiallyadumbrate a plan
3: OVERSHADOW, OBSCURE bubbling optimism, not at all adumbrated by difficulties
n.
- The outermost layer of the wall of a blood vessel.
[Nicholson Baker — The Mezzanine]
n.
- Either of two movable flaps on the wings of an airplane that can be used to control the plane’s rolling and banking movements.
[Nicholson Baker — The Mezzanine]
Adj.
Barbarous; stupefied from drink
[Me? In my own undergraduate thesis that I just cracked open for the first time in years??? I have no idea where I found this word.]
noun (dated)
an ambush: our sensibilities are being battered with reports of killings and ambuscades.
verb [with object] archaic
ambush (someone)
[The Iliad of Homer – Trans. Richmond Lattimore]