A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V

Echt

adj.

  1. authentic and typical

adv.

  1. authentically and typically

[Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow — Gabrielle Zevin]

Emargination

n.

  1. 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]

Empyrean

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]

Eschaton

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]

Esculent

adj.

  1. fit to be eaten, edible

[The Old Ways — Robert Macfarlane]

Eudaemonic

adj.

conducive to happiness

[Andrew Sean Greer, in an pull quote for The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams]

Excursus

ex·cur·sus /ekˈskərsəs/

noun
noun: excursus; plural noun: excursus; plural noun: excursuses
  1. a detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix.
    • a digression in a written text.

Extirpate

verb

  1. root out and destroy completely

[The Tempest – William Shakespeare]

Exudate

n.

  1. a mass of cells and fluid that has seeped out of blood vessels or an organ, especially in inflammation
  2. a substance secreted by a plant or insect

[Giving Up the Ghost — Hilary Mantel]