n.
- the state of being notched at the edge or the process of notching at the edge, as some leaves or the page of a book, particularly a reference work with thumb indexing.
[The Running Sky — Tim Dee]
Lexicon
adjective
relating to heaven or the sky: the empyrean domain where human will and God’s will became as one.
noun (the empyrean)
heaven, in particular the highest part of heaven: the unapproachable splendor of the empyrean.
• literary: the visible heavens; the sky: we rose through the polluted air into the clear empyrean above.
[A Room with a View — E. M. Forster]
noun
THEOLOGY
ess-ka-ton
- the final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.
- “the gift of eternal life at the eschaton”
[Funny Weather — Olivia Laing]
adj.
- fit to be eaten, edible
[The Old Ways — Robert Macfarlane]
v.
- (of an animal, particularly an insect, fish, or amphibian) spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy.
[100 Things That Made my Year (2020) — Austin Kleon]
adj.
conducive to happiness
[Andrew Sean Greer, in an pull quote for The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams]
ex·cur·sus /ekˈskərsəs/
noun
noun: excursus; plural noun: excursus; plural noun: excursuses
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a detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix.
-
a digression in a written text.
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verb
- root out and destroy completely
[The Tempest – William Shakespeare]
n.
- a mass of cells and fluid that has seeped out of blood vessels or an organ, especially in inflammation
- a substance secreted by a plant or insect
[Giving Up the Ghost — Hilary Mantel]
n.
(Also: ait)
- a small island, especially used to refer to river islands found on the River Thames and its tributaries in England. Typically formed by the deposit of sediment in the water, which accumulates over a period of time.
[The Return of the King — J.R.R. Tolkien]