verb (with object)
cause to become poor or impoverished: the colonial policy immiserated the populace
(as adjective) : the most immiserated parts of Southern Europe
[Alex Press, in a Jacobin article about about Prop 22]
Lexicon
adj.
(also eirenic)
- aiming or aimed at peace
n. irenic or irenics
- a part of Christian theology concerned with reconciling different denominations and sects
[Zina Jenny, in conversation]
noun
jer·e·mi·ad | \ ˌjer-ə-ˈmī-əd , -ˌad \
a prolonged lamentation or complaint
also : a cautionary or angry harangue
“the warnings became jeremiads against the folly of overemphasis on science and technology at the expense of man’s subjective and emotional life” — Ada Louise Huxtable
[Close to the Machine — Ellen Ullman]
noun
- An ulcerated chilblain, especially one on the heel
[The Tempest – William Shakespeare]
adj.
- found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.
(Also: lacustral)
[“Here is The Logic I Have Maintained in Observing My Home” — Emilie Menzel]
lam·bent | \ ˈlam-bənt \
1: playing lightly on or over a surface : FLICKERING
2: softly bright or radiant
3: marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression
noun
1. (North American) a short piece of decorative drapery hung over the top of a door or window or draped from a shelf or mantelpiece.
2. a piece of cloth covering the back of a medieval knight’s helmet, represented in heraldry as the mantling.
noun
- a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy: she was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed
[The Prelude — William Wordsworth]
n.
- A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
[J.R.R. Tolkien — The Two Towers]
n.
- Sleight of hand; a deceptive performance or trick which depends on dexterity of hand; fallacious adroitness, trickery, or deception generally.
[Moby-Dick; or, The Whale — Herman Melville]